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Are there any instances in modern American or European history where the wrong inmate in a prison was executed? I don't mean that someone wrongly convicted was executed, or a case of mistaken identity, I mean confusing one prisoner in the same prison for another and executing them.

by /u/JohnnyFiveOhAlive in /r/AskHistorians

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