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Canada investigating how Skyrim username mixup sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

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Canada investigating how Skyrim username mixup sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago

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Canada investigating how Skyrim username mixup sent innocent man to prison for 18 months - Dexerto

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Canadian officials are investigating how an innocent man spent 18 months in prison after police missed an underscore in his Skyrim username.

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Just because he’d still be innocent doesn’t make it smart idea!

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