Maine AG confident in conviction despite new DNA evidence
Dennis Dechaine's attorney successfully argued for new DNA tests because of improvements in technology.
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Maine Attorney General discounts new DNA evidence in 34-year-old murder case
New DNA tests failed to link Dennis Dechaine to the murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry, but the Maine Attorney General said other evidence supports his conviction.
Source: pressherald.com
Dennis Dechaine's DNA 'excluded' from crime scene items after enhanced testing
An evidence examination report from the California-based Serological Research Institute says Dechaine is excluded from four key items. The report also indicates he "could be included" as a contributor on two other items, but his attorney, John Nale, says those particular DNA samples are too small to rule him out.
Source: mainepublic.org
DNA testing excludes Dennis Dechaine from some key crime scene evidence
A lawyer for Dechaine, who was convicted of murdering 12-year-old Sarah Cherry 34 years ago, says he will ask for a new trial based on state-of-the-art DNA tests.
Source: pressherald.com
Could a notorious serial killer have murdered Sarah Cherry?
Dennis Dechaine was convicted in the horrific 1988 slaying of the 12-year old Bowdoin girl but has been granted a chance to test evidence with modern DNA techniques. Some believe the profile of the late Richard Evonitz might emerge.
Source: centralmaine.com