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Innocent Man Sent to Prison Due to Username Error

Brandon Klayme, an innocent man from Nova Scotia, was imprisoned for 18 months due to a mix-up involving a username in a child-luring case. The investigation mistakenly requested records for a username with one underscore instead of the correct one with two underscores.

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Brandon Klayme, an innocent man from Nova Scotia, was imprisoned for 18 months due to a mix-up involving a username in a child-luring case. The investigation mistakenly requested records for a username with one underscore instead of the correct one with two underscores.

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A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months

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Innocent Man Sent to Prison Due to Username Error