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world2 months ago•13 min saved

Missed underscore led to wrongful imprisonment: Nova Scotia man exonerated after 18 months

Brandon Klayme of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, spent 18 months in prison after investigators chasing a Wisconsin child-exploitation case followed a misspelled Kik username—omitting one underscore—and wrongly identified him. The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal overturned his conviction, ruling the case should never have gone to trial and that the evidence was based on a simple username error.

via The Times of India|

#appeals-court #kik #nova-scotia

crime-and-justice2 months ago•48 min saved

Skyrim username mix-up leads to wrongful 18-month prison sentence, overturned

A Halifax man, Brandon Klayme, was convicted in 2023 of child‑luring and possession of child pornography based on a Kik username linked to a Skyrim dragon shout. Police pursued fus_ro_dah instead of the correct fus__ro_dah (with a double underscore), a mix-up that went unnoticed at trial. He served 18 months in prison before his lawyers uncovered the error, and an appeals court later overturned the conviction, ruling that he is factually innocent and should never have been charged.

via Yahoo|

#appeals-court #canada #crime-and-justice