Trial and Error

The Outcry for Justice in the Dennis Dechaine Case

Legislative Panel Rejects Dechaine DNA Bill

May 13, 2011

The bill would have allowed the consideration of DNA evidence not available at the time of convicted murderer Dennis Dechaine’s trial nearly 23 years ago.

Members of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee have unanimously rejected a bill that could have given convicted murderer Dennis Dechaine a chance for a new trial.

The bill, sponsored by Democratic Rep. John Martin of Eagle Lake, would have allowed the consideration of DNA evidence not available at the time of Dechaine’s original trial nearly 23 years ago.

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