The Denver Post reported Sundaythe American Civil Liberties union sued the city and county of Denver in federal court. The lawsuit says authorities arrested people who were the wrong race or had obvious differences in age, weight and height. City officials say the mistakes make up a fraction of the thousands of inmates incarcerated each year. They say they try to avoid arresting the wrong people but acknowledge mistakes have happened. Officials have said they have no comprehensive system to track mistaken-identity arrests. The ACLU says it found 503 such cases from 2002 into 2009 by combing through court and jail records. />
Lawsuit: Denver jailed wrong person in 500 cases
DENVER (AP) - A lawsuit accuses Denver of wrongly jailing more than 500 people over seven years because officials didn't ensure they arrested the right person.
