Deputy Attorney General Bill Stokes has again resorted to his tiresome mantra about the “mountain of evidence” against Dennis Dechaine, but repetition does not make it so.
The only significant evidence that remains in the state’s case is that someone removed incriminating objects from Dechaine’s truck. Not only has the supposedly damning testimony of two detectives been discredited by their own notes, but renowned forensic pathologists have determined to their satisfaction that Dechaine was in police custody when Sarah Cherry was killed.
Given that 100 percent of the scientific evidence argues for Dechaine’s innocence, one might hope that Attorney General William Schneider would wish to be certain that the real killer had been imprisoned. However, in court on July 29, Stokes made every effort to block any search for the truth.
Judge Carl Bradford deserves praise for keeping open doors that the state wished to slam shut.
William Bunting
Whitefield
Send questions/comments to the editors.
Success. Please wait for the page to reload. If the page does not reload within 5 seconds, please refresh the page.
Enter your email and password to access comments.
Hi, to comment on stories you must . This profile is in addition to your subscription and website login.
Already have a commenting profile? .
Invalid username/password.
Please check your email to confirm and complete your registration.
Only subscribers are eligible to post comments. Please subscribe or login first for digital access. Here’s why.
Use the form below to reset your password. When you've submitted your account email, we will send an email with a reset code.