A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months
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- A missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed username caused an innocent Nova Scotia man to be wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 18 months.
- Police investigating a child-luring case requested records for the wrong Kik username ('fus_ro_dah' instead of 'fus__ro_dah'), leading them to Brandon Klayme instead of the actual perpetrator.
- Despite no evidence of the crime on his devices, Klayme was arrested in 2020, convicted in 2023, and sentenced to 18 months in prison, serving the full term.
- The username mistake was discovered during the appeal process, and the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal overturned the conviction, declaring Klayme factually innocent.
- The case originated from a 2018 investigation in Wisconsin involving a 12-year-old girl and a man using the Kik username 'fus__ro_dah', but a subpoena error led to the wrong user's data.