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Wrongly Imprisoned North Carolina Man
According to reports, a man who was wrongly imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit is now eligible to receive more money from the state of North Carolina.
Before lawmakers bring this year’s legislative session to a close, lawmakers have agreed to give the man, along with others who are eligible, $50,000 each.
The victims were reportedly already given compensation, but this latest payout will be given in addition for their time in prison.
Man Wrongly Convicted and Jailed
Dwayne Dail spent 18 years in prison for a rape, which it was recently found, he didn’t commit.
“What I want to you to think about is if your child were accused of a crime and were sent to prison as Dwayne Dail and others have been,” stated Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, to her colleagues in the Senate.
Victim Finally Sees Justice
Dail was charged with raping a child and after his sentence when Dail requested DNA testing be done, he was told the evidence was lost.
“He is now a very damaged person,” explains Kinnaird. “We feel this is what the people owe to someone who has been wrongly convicted and so badly treated.”
The Senate reportedly voted 37-1 in favor of the new measure, which will increase the amount of compensation available to the wrongly convicted.
(Source: NewsObserver)
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Man Accused of Road Rage Claims Innocence
A Denver man is currently fighting to stay out of jail after supposedly being falsely accused of road rage.
The man has been charged with hitting another driver during a road rage incident that took place in Colorado.
Accident Leads to Rage
Eddie Calhoun, 44, is an employee for the city of Denver and says he was plowing the streets last January when the incident happened.
He claims that the only connection he has to the accident is that the abandoned truck being driven by the suspect was left behind his mother’s house.
When his nephew told Calhoun that officers were looking for him, he willingly went to City Hall, where he was arrested.
Victim Pleads with Officers
Calhoun was arrested for assault and reckless endangerment and he was reportedly forced to post $25,000 bail.
“I have been falsely arrested and wrongly accused,” says Calhoun.
The woman in the victim’s car has even reported to police that Calhoun is not the man who launched the attack.
“It is a case of false arrest and sloppy police work,” says Calhoun’s attorney, Alvertis Simmons.
(Source: My Fox Colorado)
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