A Missing Underscore Sent an Innocent Man to Prison for 18 Months

A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

A single character error in a Kik username subpoena led police to the wrong person. Brandon Klayme, an innocent Nova Scotia man, was arrested, convicted, and imprisoned for 18 months based on a typo that confused 'fus__ro_dah' with 'fus_ro_dah'. Despite no evidence of wrongdoing on his devices, the mistake persisted until his appeal, where the court finally overturned his conviction and declared him factually innocent.