Connecticut (2) exonerated, Maryland (3) exonerated, New Jersey (4) exonerated, Ohio (6) exonerated, California (9) exonerated, Massachusetts (9) exonerated, Pennsylvania (9) exonerated, Virginia (10) exonerated, New York (21) exonerated, Illinois (21) exonerated, Texas (26) exonerated. All exonerated due to post conviction DNA testing. And there are more.

The powerful crime-fighting tool of DNA has helped add certainty to the justice systems in these states for many years. But in Maine, Dennis Dechaine still remains in the Maine State Prison, even after post-conviction DNA has proved his innocence. Isn't this a miscarriage of justice making the State of Maine bias toward scientific exonerating evidence? It's time we as citizens question why and say, "Not in our state!"

Sandy Weston

Madison