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themachinestops@themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com

A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/police-missed-one-underscore-and-sent-the-wrong-man-to-prison/

Ars TechnicaA missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 monthsWhen the first step goes wrong, bad results follow.

unitedwithme@unitedwithme@lemmy.today

Replying to @⁨themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩

Time to sue Wisconsin police dept for fucking that one up!! The Canadians did their job based on false information!

SkunkWorkz@SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨unitedwithme@lemmy.today⁩

The Canadians locked him up with zero evidence except the username.

[deleted]@snooggums@piefed.world

Replying to an earlier post

The wrong username too!

⁨Jul⁩ ⁨29⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨15:08⁩en