The Skyrim-inspired username "fus_ro_dah" was used as evidence to imprison an innocent man while an actual criminal seemingly roamed free for 6 years
A man from Halifax, Nova Scotia, was wrongly imprisoned for 18 months due to a misread username from the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. An appeal court ruled him factually innocent after discovering the actual suspect used a username with a double underscore, while the convicted man's username had a single underscore. This discrepancy went unnoticed during the trial, leading to his conviction based on the incorrect username.
- Entities
- Topic: Legal System
- Topic: Criminal Justice
- Company: Bethesda
- Game: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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