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Reason
Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Police Mix Up Usernames, Man Spends 18 Months in Prison for Someone Else's Sex Crimes

A Canadian man named Brandon Klayme was wrongfully imprisoned for 18 months after authorities mixed up his Kik username with the username of someone who had committed sex crimes involving a minor. The horrible mistake stems from a mistake first made by Dane County, Wisconsin, police.

"He should never have been charged, let alone convicted," judges from the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal have now said.

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