CIA knew it had the wrong man, but kept him anyway

[Joe Chi Minh]

17. But failure to release a person, when they've been cleared

of any offence, seems likely to be historically unique, outside of a Kafka novel.

Of course, a culture with a propensity for slavery wouldn't be too fussy, since possession of cunningly physiologically-absorbed, contraband melanin would be a hard case to defend in a court of law ; irrespective of whether driving a motor vehicle or not, when apprehended.