politics
A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months
When the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.
TL;DR
- Brandon Klayme was wrongly imprisoned for 18 months due to a one-character error in a username during a child-luring investigation.
- Police investigating a child-luring case in Wisconsin mistakenly requested records for the username 'fus_ro_dah' instead of the correct 'fus__ro_dah'.
- This error led to Klayme in Halifax, Canada, being identified, arrested, and convicted on child sex abuse charges, despite no evidence found on his devices.
- The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal overturned Klayme's conviction, stating he was factually innocent and should never have been charged.
- The mistake, involving a double underscore in a username related to Skyrim's 'fus ro dah' shout, went unnoticed throughout the trial.