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- Erectile, on 10/10/2007, -5/+102This is exactly why I don't support the death penalty.
- jstohler, on 10/10/2007, -1/+98"Even prosecutors wondered about the case"? Holy *****, that's scary.
- vault, on 10/10/2007, -0/+91I hope he gets some compensation for this- how very sad it took 20 years.
- Ravatar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+60You better believe it's happened. A ton.
- kettlechips, on 10/10/2007, -0/+50This can happen to you.
- injury0314, on 10/10/2007, -0/+50Being there for rape, and a 12 year old at that, you'd wish you were dead after your first trip to the showers.
The only thing worse than being wrongfully convicted is being wrongfully convicted of rape.
The world owes this guy an apology. - logic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+47Being the woman who accused the wrong guy at 12 and found out at 32 that an innocent man spent the last twenty years in a box must be a total *****.
- abid786, on 10/10/2007, -3/+46At least he wasn't given the death penalty. If that was the case, then it would truly suck.
- SmackMyMac, on 10/10/2007, -1/+41No hard feelings right....right?
- pleaseno, on 10/10/2007, -2/+38This is terrible.
The innocent get 20+ years jail. Guilty get 3 years probation (for rape of a minor!).
Plus the real offender has been identified as someone else already in jail..
So not only have the prosecutors (who had their doubts) ruined some innocent guys life, they've also failed to get the real criminal, who then presumably found another victim.
I'm glad I don't live in the land of the free:) - JonTheGoose, on 10/10/2007, -2/+38Dear Dwayne,
We're sorry.
- Society - Amablue, on 10/10/2007, -2/+37I'm surprised they can use DNA so long after the incident.
Hearing about cases like this makes me pissed off. I can't stand to hear about innocent people going to jail. - SomaSynth, on 10/10/2007, -5/+37On the plus side, now he's got 20 years worth of rape credit.
- MaximusIGN, on 10/10/2007, -8/+39He's lucky that wasn't in Texas during the reign of George "let me fry 'em and let God sort it out" Bush...
- tearor, on 10/10/2007, -3/+34It would only be fair now to imprison the judge, the cop and the prosecuting attorney
- BelXul, on 10/10/2007, -0/+31He should. He's not the first person who's been exonerated by DNA evidence. This only further illustrates the fact that prosecutors and police don't care whether the defendant is innocent, just how long can he be put away for, and how well that conviction looks on their records in the name of "Fighting Crime".
- TheCount, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26$400,000 is enough to start getting his life back together, but it still doesn't make up for the hell he must have faced sitting in a cell for 20 years knowing he didn't do anything to deserve being there.
- OpCzar, on 10/10/2007, -2/+27Show us pictures of the guy who was falsely imprisoned and the guilty one already in jail I say. The 12 year old made a HUGE mistake, I want to see how much they resemble each other.
- chubbybubba, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26What the hell happened to reasonable doubt! Its stories like this and the Duke lacrosse story that piss me off about lawyers. We have defense lawyers that KNOWINGLY defend guilty criminals for cash... and we have prosecution lawyers that could care less about innocence ignoring reasonable doubt for a check mark in the win column. Is it too much to hope that a man or woman that devotes themselves to law have some semblance of ethics?
- nebion, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24The problem is, recognizing someone you're not familiar with based on a single encounter is extremely hard. Eye witnesses have been demonstrated to be very unreliable.
- 808kick, on 10/10/2007, -3/+26Nah she probably hates all men anyway
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+26Lucky him.
- Erectile, on 10/10/2007, -2/+23I think I'd rather be alive, personally.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20And he lost 20 years of his life...
- Jholder112233, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18I've just realised... shes 32 now. 20 years, sitting a cell. Makes me shiver.
- Endit, on 10/10/2007, -4/+20Geez, the girl who accused him was WRONG. If I was ever raped, I'm pretty sure I would take mental snapshot for evidence.
- WhiteIce89, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19Sorry about the last twenty years. No hard feelings right?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17That isn't even close enough.
He should be getting millions. He's had 20 years of his life taken away - kindrobot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16I'm reminded of something said to me by an old friend. He said "if given the choice, would you rather have 1 guilty man go free or 50 innocent men in jail?" My answer was of course the former. He believed most people, if they realize it or not, would prefer or even vote for laws that reinforce the latter.
I think the way most would answer that is why the "justice" system never works quite as well as we suspect it does (pardon the pun). As long as we are given such choices and we choose the latter, we set ourselves and our loved ones up for being abused by an uncaring, paranoid, protective at all costs, superstitious and ultimately faulty system. A system that could work if just a few people could understand the importance of confinement and rehabilitation vs punishment. Punishment is just something that makes all of us feel better while doing absolutely zero for victims and fully exonerating those who had a hand in their own victimization, furthering possible denial and future victimization. Confinement forces reflection and self-consideration/evaluation. Rehabilitation with confinement reinforces the same. The alternative is punishment, which reinforces feelings of acceptance. "I've served my time, so let me out even though I've learned nothing and still consider myself in the right no matter what horrible crime I've committed". Punishment also reinforces bitterness and anger, which is of course what we need more of in our prison system, right? Are some people beyond help? Of course they are. Confine them.
A faulty system can only be absolutely sure of one thing, and that's that it is sometimes wrong, predictably. If that's the case, how can one justify punishment instead of confinement? We're approaching an imperfect system with solutions that at their core imply absolute correctness. That, to me, is criminal. - CAD420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Compensation for being wrongfully accused in North Carolina:
http://www.innocenceproject.org/news/LawView1.php
Any person with a pardon for innocence is eligible for $20,000 for each year of wrongful incarceration with a maximum of $500,000. (NC Gen Stat 148-82 to 148-84) passed in 1947, amended in 2001 - ninja458, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15can he put the 20 years toward future crimes?
- RJ2007, on 10/10/2007, -7/+21I think I'd rather Die than spend 20 years locked in a cell knowing your innocent and the guilty man is free.
- Dugg2Death, on 10/10/2007, -4/+16I hate to be cynical but I'd put $10 on her not giving a damn after twenty years.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Now this man is gonna kill someone or go to the Himalayas. That's what I'd do if I were him.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12According to one OJ juror:
"Who cares about DNA? We's all gots DNA" - filefly, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12The deaf-penalty?
What? - vimana, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Huh?
I can't hear you. - mnick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8The worst crime of all is taking away someone's freedom.
- rharris, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11The next time anyone says child molesters need the death penalty, remember Dwayne Allen Dail and think twice. Those that are guilty of crimes against children probably deserve death and worse, but if laws like the ones I've seen proposed are passed the likelihood that an innocent person will be killed by the state on the word of a scared child will approach 100%.
- trvr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9too bad this guy from Montana couldn't get the same luck: http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/24/news/state/27-beach.txt
- ProjectRice, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8He didn't even hear it coming
- bolex17, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Wow it's like Rubin Hurricane all over again
- BelXul, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Not really. There's other ways to screw up DNA evidence.
- calibration, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7You expect her to take a mental snapshot when she's 12 and being raped? I know it's wrong taking away 20 years from a man's life, but can you really blame the girl? I blame lawyers. :(
- StiGUP, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Government, "Well sorry about the mistake....we can still be friends as long as you pay your taxes...??"
Innocent, ".....kills them.. sorry about the mistake...*****!" - mnick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6People have a right to a lawyer. It is then that lawyer's duty to fight tooth and nail to instill a reasonable doubt in the jury and judge. Whether or not the lawyer believes their client is guilty or not it's their responsibility to defend them. It is unethical to believe that just because the lawyer thinks they're guilty they shouldn't be defended.
- iamdecal, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7lucky he's not in the UK, if you spend some time in prison here, then get let out, they take "rent" out of any compensation you get
no, seriously.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2838795.stm - westhe32nd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Yes. Far too much.
- andrewcsayer, on 10/10/2007, -9/+15This is why you shouldn't execute "criminals".
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9Anyone still for the death penalty? Anyone?
http://www.innocenceproject.org/ -
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