Pirate's Cove

The ugly story of the day

A man who was pardoned after spending 18 years behind bars for a rape he didn’t commit has been sued for back child support.

Dwayne Allen Dail, 39, was cleared in August of the 1987 rape of a 12-year-old Goldsboro girl. The girl identified him as her attacker and hair found at the scene was similar to his. But DNA evidence found on a fragment of the girl’s nightgown years after the trial proved Dail wasn’t involved in the attack.

Gov. Mike Easley pardoned Dail two weeks ago, making him eligible to receive $360,000 from the state – $20,000 for each year he spent in prison.

That part is not ugly, except that he had to spend 18 years in jail for a crime he did not commit. But……

Dail, who now lives in Florida, was served Tuesday with a lawsuit by Lorraine Michaels, the mother of his son, who is seeking back child support. The suit does not specify how much money she wants, as is normal in North Carolina, but asks a “reasonable sum for the care and maintenance of the minor child.” Dail did not provide while he was in prison.

Sad. He is sent to the big house for a crime he did not commit, and from everything I have ever heard and read, pedophiles are not treated well in prison, usually having to be separated from the general population, and even in the special needs yards, they are in serious danger. Now, some little gold digger, who could have just worked hard for her child, wants money. Many parents work hard for their children when their spouse passes away. What did she do? Harpy.