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wrongly identified



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A police officer has been "forced to relocate to protect himself and his family", after being wrongly identified online as being involved in the case, she said.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

The names of the wrongly identified men were shared in posts alongside calls to arrest them.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2026

Prosecutor Ray Tully QC told the jury of nine men and three women how the pair had been wrongly identified as being responsible for a separate attack on a home in Hartcliffe earlier that evening.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2024

From 1998 until his release in 2016, Mr. Rosario sent hundreds of handwritten letters to lawyers, advocates and other authorities, seeking evidence that witnesses had wrongly identified him at trial.

From New York Times • May 7, 2022

The Birs, which was situated within the city of Borsippa, has been wrongly identified with the Tower of Babel.

From A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden by Maxwell, Donald




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