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.
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.
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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