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The case offers competing narratives that fascinate and repulse Mainers, pitting the memory of a defenseless child against a man with no previous record of crime or violent behavior who insists he was wrongly accused by law enforcement.

ROCKLAND — The attorneys for the state and defense offered different takes on what new DNA testing means in the case of Dennis Dechaine who is seeking to get a

This is not the first time the court has considered an appeal from Marcus Asante, whose overturned murder conviction in 2020 was the first in Maine since 2004.

This is not the first time the court has considered an appeal from Marcus Asante, whose overturned murder conviction in 2020 was the first in Maine since 2004.

Bail has been set at $500,000 cash for both Julio and Sharon Carrillo, and a judge ordered them to have no contact with children under the age of 15.

Shawna Gatto asked a judge Tuesday for a post-conviction review, which if granted, could result in a reduction of her 50-year sentence

Bruce Akers' lawyer appealed his conviction to the state's highest court Thursday, saying police violated the Fourth Amendment when they searched the Limington property where they found the body.

Read Article A lawyer for a Limington man convicted of murdering his neighbor five years ago urged the state’s highest court to overturn that verdict, arguing that police illegally searched his property and questioned him. A state prosecutor defended the search, saying police were looking for the missing neighbor whose mangled body was later found hidden on the property. Bruce Akers and his attorney Valerie Randall appear in York County Superior Court in Alfred in January 2020. The Maine Sup...

increase font size Attorney argues 40-year sentence for Old Orchard Beach murder was too high Dustan Bentley pleaded guilty to the murder of William Popplewell and received the maximum sentence possible under his plea agreement. Share Joseph Mekonis, attorney for Dustan Bentley, speaks with his client during his sentencing hearing in York County Superior Court in Alfred in October. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer A lawyer for an Old Orchard Beach man convicted of murdering his roommate in 2019 ...