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A Single Missing Underscore Sent an Innocent Man to Jail for 18 Months
Ars Technica - All content·Tuesday, 28 July 2026
Police made a coding or data error — a missing underscore in a record — that led to the wrong person being identified and imprisoned for 18 months. The case highlights how small technical errors in law enforcement databases can destroy lives. The full details of the case are reported by Ars Technica.
Why It Matters
India is rapidly digitising its police records, court systems, and identity databases, making this kind of error a real risk here too. Anyone whose name or ID appears in a government database is potentially vulnerable.
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