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Uncheck the box to save a life

2019-02-27 03:52:02.970679+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Today in UI design that borders on the criminally negligent: A court official failed to click a box — and a witness paid with his life:

That error happened 1,500 times across the state in a one-year period starting last June, when the problem was raised by prosecutors, Colorado Judicial Branch spokesman Rob McCallum said. But that audit figure represented certain open cases, and the system was used for at least seven years, he said. McCallum could not say if that meant the actual number of errors was far greater.

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