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Post Office burned £100m in UK taxpayer cash on Horizon IT scandal legal fees, MPs told

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Re: Disgusted of tonbridge wells

"Actually the CPS exercises its judgement on whether a case has a reasonable chance of resulting in a conviction and one suspects one of the biggest factors is how much lawyer the defendant can afford".

Another of the biggest factors is how rich and well-connected the defendant is.

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