Intrigued by Case, Prominent Lawyer Uses Resources to Scrutinize Evidencepressherald.Com Series: A Mainetoday Media Special Report: Dennis Dechaine
Portland Press Herald › July 14, 2010
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Famed defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey thinks the unidentified male DNA found on murder victim Sarah Cherry's thumbnail is intriguing, but it might not be enough to get a new trial for prisoner Dennis Dechaine.
But Bailey does believe, based on two new expert opinions, that she was killed several hours after Dechaine was in custody, and that should tip the scales in favor of a new trial.See the full content of this document
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Intrigued by Case, Prominent Lawyer Uses Resources to Scrutinize Evidencepressherald.Com Series: A Mainetoday Media Special Report: Dennis Dechaine
The reports were prepared in December, at Bailey's personal request, by Dr. Cyril Wecht and Dr. Walter Hofman.
Both forensic pathologists have performed more than 10,000 autopsies each, and have testified as consultants for prosecutors and defendants in civil and criminal cases nationwide."If the pathologists are right, he has to be innocent," Ba...See the full content of this document
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