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Posted: January 23, 2008

State to Pay Dail for Wrongful Incarceration

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Raleigh, N.C. — The State Industrial Commission on Wednesday authorized a payment of $368,493.14 to a Goldsboro man who spent about half his life in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

Dwayne Allen Dail, 39, was cleared last August of the 1987 rape of a 12-year-old Goldsboro girl. DNA tests run on evidence thought to be lost proved someone else committed the crime.

Gov. Mike Easley pardoned Dail in October, which allowed him to seek $20,000 a year in restitution from the state for the mistake.

An attorney with the state Department of Justice did not object to the payment in a brief hearing Wednesday morning.

Since his release from prison, Dail has moved to Florida to start a new life with his 18-year-old son. He also speaks publicly frequently about the need to protect the rights of those wrongfully accused and convicted of crimes.

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"i dont get it, how do indiviuals who rapes minor's, especially there own kids, have only gotten a few years behind bars ... and then this guy who obviously didnt rape this girl get around 20 years, i mean im sure they did dna test back then right?"

To answer your question Dail could have accepted a plea bargain for a 2 or 3 year sentence. Him being innoccent, he rejected it and since he was found guilty he had to serve the max for the crime I believe. And no, they didn't have DNA testing in this part of the country back then.
Click to view my profile NCbred77
January 24, 2008 9:12 a.m.
I agree that no amount can compensate Dail for what he endured. At least though, he will have a pretty good nestegg to get his life started again. Probably a lot more that he would have saved up to this point in his life.

To correct someone above, the boys mother was 18 I think. The girl he was accused of raping was 12.

Also, I think his trade was sheetrock installation. I have no idea how much he would have earned.
Click to view my profile beachboater
January 23, 2008 6:53 p.m.
Very true Rev. RV.
Click to view my profile DominicanNC
January 23, 2008 6:42 p.m.
"I think he should give some of the money to the woman who raised his child. Raising a child is expensive, but even more so as a single parent."

That's the most inane comment I have ever read on these forums....
ifcdirector
January 23, 2008 6:29 p.m.
AMEN, AND AMEN!!!

Now watch the vultures start to circle around this poor man.

Praying for him and his son who has lost so much.

God bless.

Rev. RB
Click to view my profile Spirit Warrior Woman - Rev. RB
January 23, 2008 6:21 p.m.
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