Nova Scotia Court of Appeal Overturns Case Investigated and Decided Based on a Typo

Paul Kafasis, linking to an Ars Technica report with the headline “A missing underscore sent innocent man to prison for 18 months”, asks: While I understand how the mistake led to this poor guy becoming a suspect, I really can’t fathom how he was convicted. What the hell happened during that trial? This is the kind of mystery that is right up my street. Unfortunately, the explanation is as thin as the evidence. The case begins in February 2020, when Brandon Klayme was arrested and (erroneously) charged with child sex crimes. These are particularly heinous charges which were attached to this person’s name — the kind of thing that made me consider writing this piece without including the name, only for it to become very difficult to read, so I now hope this is one of the results that comes up to clear Klayme’s name. These charges were laid based on evidence passed to Halifax police from the Dane County Sheriff’s Department in Wisconsin. Court proceedings and documents are not as readily…