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Cops Accidentally Arrest & Lock Up Innocent Man In Mental Hospital For Over Two Years

What happened to a homeless man in Hawaii is something that nightmares are made of. According to The Guardian, officials in Hawaii wrongly arrested Joshua Spriestersbach after mistaking his identity for someone else’s who had actually committed a crime.

If that wasn’t enough, they locked him up in a mental hospital and only realized their mistake nearly three years later.

Hoping to make things right without stirring up much attention, they released him with just 50 cents in his name. Read the full story here ▶