TV Drama About Post Office Horizon IT Scandal Fuels Public Outcry

PRISTON, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 17: Plants grow around a traditional Post Office Royal Mail red post box on February 17, 2024 in Priston, England. The British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced the government will introduce a new law to "swiftly exonerate and compensate victims" of wrongful prosecution of Post Office workers over a 16-year period starting just before the new millennium. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 700 Post Office branch managers received criminal convictions, and some were sent to prison, when the faulty Horizon IT system made it appear that money was missing from their sites. A recent television docudrama, ITV show 'Mr. Bates vs The Post Office', has thrust the issue back in the spotlight. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)