On August 28, Dwayne Allen Dail of North Carolina became the 207th man to be exonerated by DNA.  His 1978 rape conviction was the product of both a mistaken eyewitness identification by a 12-year-old girl and of hair analysis that was given more credibility than the science deserved.  The responsible prosecutor has now called Mr. Dail's conviction "a nightmare."  

To read a news account about this case, click here. 

To read the prosecutor's comments, click here. 

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