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8/29/2007 5:50:26 PM

if i got ass fucked in jail when i was innocent and they proved that i am... i'd want my own fucking state.

8/29/2007 6:15:50 PM

20k a year is a god damn joke

he should get a bare minimum of 30k

8/29/2007 6:35:24 PM

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"Quick Poll: how many of you people expected him to be black?"

from the article:

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"He asked a lawyer for a comb so he could feather his hair before walking into the courtroom."

i pretty much figured he was not black... maybe hispanic, but not black

8/29/2007 6:48:59 PM

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"Pork chops for Tuesday dinner at his brother's. Country ham and gravy for breakfast today. His mom promised to make him a peanut butter and molasses sandwich for a snack."

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"Dail was 19, a day laborer"

I aint gonna lie, i thought he was a brotha.........

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"an aspiring rock singer"

until that

[Edited on August 29, 2007 at 6:55 PM. Reason : 1]

8/29/2007 6:52:12 PM

we all knew he wasn't black when we read innocent and freed in the thread title.

/racism

8/29/2007 10:29:38 PM

It's cases like this for why people are against the death penalty.

8/30/2007 12:02:58 AM

The legal mechanism grinds rape-kits under as entrepeneurs of the shingle-hanging variety.... do their thing

8/30/2007 4:48:02 AM

Quote :

"[quote]Pork chops for Tuesday dinner at his brother's. Country ham and gravy for breakfast today. His mom promised to make him a peanut butter and molasses sandwich for a snack."

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"Dail was 19, a day laborer"

I aint gonna lie, i thought he was a brotha.........

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"an aspiring rock singer"

until that

[Edited on August 29, 2007 at 6:55 PM. Reason : 1][/quote]

Yeah I agree, until I saw aspiring rock star I then I though uh no redneckish kinda guy

8/30/2007 7:24:11 AM

If this guy was wrongfully locked up, I sure as hell think his freedom (from incarceration and having hell beat out of him by convicts that thought he was a child rapist) was worth more than a measly 20K a year.

8/30/2007 9:08:00 AM

How in the hell does this still happen? DNA has been heavily used for 13 years now. It is unbelievable how incompetent our justice system is. Why wasnt this test done 10 years ago?

8/30/2007 9:09:29 AM

why go through the trouble when you already have someone in custody and a 12 year olds testimony. We all know kids don't start lying until 13. Plus we have some of the finest law enforcement in the land in NC and they are never wrong.

8/30/2007 9:47:56 AM

^exactly

8/30/2007 10:10:27 AM

^^lol

8/30/2007 10:12:34 AM

i thought the article said something about them getting rid of the evidence and only by luck some random dead cop had saved that dress... i could be wrong, but don't feel like re-reading bc i'm late for work

8/30/2007 10:14:30 AM

yea thats what happened. shit happens, sometimes things happen. hopefully he is set for life. id sue for a great deal of money

8/30/2007 10:35:50 AM

The next story on this will be how the DNA matches someone that is either dead or already in prison.

8/30/2007 10:39:23 AM

OR her 'older' bf who had sex with her and she got caught so blamed it on someone else.

8/30/2007 10:42:04 AM

I didn't even know you could get 18 years for rape.

8/30/2007 10:46:02 AM

^yup, so you better re-think those weekend plans of getting laid.

8/30/2007 10:47:32 AM

either God "has a plan", or an incredibly fucked up sense of humor

8/30/2007 10:52:44 AM

yet another incident that proves eyewitness accounts are some of the most unreliable pieces of evidence

think about it, you don't remember someone like an exact photograph, there are so many other factors that come into play, human memory is in no way exact, especially when it comes to this

its not the girls fault, she told what she thought was true

its the damn jury's fault, although they should not have to pay, we as a public should have to pay and will pay when he seeks damages from the county/state

jurys too often make decisions based on their gut "feeling" or the defendants personality - which should only hold weight when it works to the defendants innocence. More emphasis MUST be placed on the benefit of the doubt, and only physical evidence should take away from that doubt.

how many wrongful convictions do you think occur at the misdemeanor level? speed trials consisting of an officers word (based on eyewitness accounts) against a defendant's word is all that is needed to convict.

our justice system is fubar

[Edited on August 30, 2007 at 11:03 AM. Reason : .]

8/30/2007 11:02:41 AM

18 yrs...

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"A jury found him guilty and ordered him to spend the rest of his life in prison. "

8/30/2007 11:08:54 AM

shit like this makes me hate our legal system, esp before there was so much science involved. the cops could have easily convinced the girl that this was the right guy. she's 12 and manipulatable (sp?) seriously the dude should have taken the guilty plea and probation but the fact that they offered him such a stupid sentence for rape (3 months probation?!?) only further proves they knew they had no case..and got lucky as shit. it blows my mind that our cops/prosecutors consider themselves to have done a better job if someone does more time, whether it's fair or not

8/30/2007 11:09:23 AM

^ 3 years not months,

8/30/2007 11:19:08 AM

oops, sorry haven't read the article since yesterday..still, my point is the same. i'm not sure i would have taken it either tho

8/30/2007 11:20:08 AM

I don't get this

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"Man was convicted in girl's rape. Tests match inmate serving time"

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"If it's not him, well, I guess I've been living like I'm safe because the DNA says it's not him," she said."

I thought the DNA matched someone serving time? So why doesn't she feel safe? The other dude is locked up.

8/30/2007 11:24:22 AM

Obviously she isn't the brightest

and

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"if i got ass fucked in jail when i was innocent and they proved that i am... i'd want my own fucking state."

I'll agree with you for once on that one

[Edited on August 30, 2007 at 11:26 AM. Reason : asdf]

8/30/2007 11:25:49 AM

Now this guy's being sued for child support for the 18 years he was imprisoned.

10/24/2007 8:23:35 AM

NO FREE RIDES

10/24/2007 8:24:37 AM

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"How about she sues no one. It's not the state's fault nor the guy who didn't rape her. Bad things happen. Sometimes you can't do anything about it. Deal with it and move on with your fucking life. if anyone deserves money from the state, it's the guy who was wrongfully accused. Hell, he deserves some money from the bitch who wrongfully accused him. "

10/24/2007 9:31:18 AM

^^^

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"Dail, expecting $360,000, sued by ex-girlfriend Mandy Locke, Staff Writer Dwayne Dail expects a $360,000 apology from the state for the 18 years he spent in prison for another man's crime. Collector No. 1: the mother of his son. Lori Michaels, Dail's former girlfriend, sued Tuesday, asking for 18 years of child support for their son, Chris, born after a Wayne County jury sent him to prison for raping a 12-year-old girl he'd never seen. "I got robbed of my son's whole life, and it's like, now it's my fault?" Dail said from Florida. He moved to Fort Myers after a judge freed him in August when DNA evidence pointed to another man. State law allows him to collect $20,000 for every year he spent in prison. Chris Michaels headed to Florida to live with his father this month. They celebrated Chris' 18th birthday Saturday with a trip to the beach. The teen fell silent Tuesday when the postman handed Dail the lawsuit, which was filed in Wayne County District Court. Dail said he tried to shield Chris and slipped into a private room to vent. Michaels and her attorney could not be reached Tuesday night. The lawsuit brings back several players who had a part in Dail's trip to prison. Lori Michaels' attorney, Sarah Heekin, is a law partner with Donald Strickland, the prosecutor who argued that Dail had raped the girl. Dail's attorney? Shelby Benton, his defense attorney in 1989."

10/24/2007 12:41:54 PM

Dude wtf just leave the guy alone.

btw did he have to pay taxes on that $360 000?

10/24/2007 12:49:09 PM

we live in a crooked-ass world. he shouldnt be liable for that. isnt it like monopoly where he doesnt have to pay his debts while in jail, but he cant earn money either?

10/24/2007 12:59:48 PM

they should make the lawyer who sent him to prison pay the back child support

oh snap!

10/24/2007 2:36:56 PM

If anything I believe that the mother of his son should be suing the state just like I believe Dail should be able to do (for more money than he is already receiving). The state robbed the mother of her life as well but not on nearly the same level as they did with Dail himself.

I found it interesting to note the reporter's observation of the childlike behavior of Dail after being released from Prison. Surely this man is more grown up and mature than the vast majority of his peers.

10/24/2007 4:06:06 PM

so people in the McD's case can win millions and someone like Dail gets 360,000 for basically having his life ruined. sad

[Edited on October 24, 2007 at 4:44 PM. Reason : ]

10/24/2007 4:44:24 PM

I'm going to sue the state on grounds that I never got a chance to meet this dude and have a few beers with him. Oh yeah, and I'm going to sue him too while I'm at it.

I might just sue his momma for good measure while I'm at it.

Anybody else want to get sued?

10/24/2007 4:50:47 PM

lol

10/24/2007 4:53:32 PM

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"Lavim: I found it interesting to note the reporter's observation of the childlike behavior of Dail after being released from Prison. Surely this man is more grown up and mature than the vast majority of his peers."

Quite the opposite, which is why the reporter commented on it.

Think about it. Somebody locks you up when you're 18. They tell you when to sleep, when to eat, when to exercise, when to work, when to shower, etc... You have to ask permission to use the fucking restroom! They search your "room" randomly to make sure you're not being naughty...

So how could that environment be ideal for fostering growth and maturity? Of course, if by growth, you mean learning how to prosper in the prison economy and not get your ass beat...

10/24/2007 10:31:21 PM

short video documentary by the N and O

good to watch

http://www.newsobserver.com/1181/story/819065.html

12/21/2007 6:38:54 PM

Thanks for the update. Such a tragic story.

That was actually quite a visually interesting short documentary.

12/25/2007 12:46:39 AM

he did get pardoned

this happened in aug/oct

http://www.innocenceproject.org/Content/832.php

[Edited on December 25, 2007 at 1:06 AM. Reason : x]

12/25/2007 1:05:00 AM