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Canadian Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 18 Months Due to Username Error
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Canadian Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 18 Months Due to Username Error

A Canadian man was wrongly imprisoned for 18 months due to a police error involving a username with a missing character on the Kik messenger app. An appeals court has since overturned the conviction.

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