ME man convicted of 1988 murder who seeks new trial has hearing [Video]

Friday’s hearing continued as both sides sifted through evidence offered at Dennis Dechaine’s trial in 1989 that convicted him of murder. 

In his closing argument, defense attorney John Nale said there isn’t enough DNA evidence to prove without doubt that Dechaine was involved in murder; leading up to and after Cherry’s death.

“The lack of DNA evidence, the lack of other trace evidence, lack of any evidence to show that the two were together,” Nale said. “[Dechaine’s] defense was, ‘I was not there,’ and there was no evidence to tie him to the victim or to the scene except circumstantial evidence.”

Some DNA that was found on crime scene evidence has since been concluded to belong to an unknown male, something the defense also pointed to as a reason to doubt Dechaine was …