Nelson Donnell of West Gardiner, ME "If 12 people agreed that Dennis Deschaine abducted that little girl, and caused her death, that's good enough for me. That said, there is nothing to do."

I don't know how I missed this article before now, but apparently Leon has failed to recognize the fact that it was the actions of the AG's office and Carl Bradford that led 12 intentionally deceived, uninformed and craftily manipulated people to agreed that Dennis Dechaine abducted that little girl, and caused her death.

Based upon what they know now, it seems that several of the jurors have stated that they believe that they should have been presented with all of this suppressed information and evidence in order to have been able to make a fair and impartial decision as to Mr. Dechaine's innocence or guilt in this matter.

This is one of the many problems that America has to contend with when it has a government by deception. report abuse

Leon Richard of Farmington, ME That all may well raise a "reasonable doubt" in your, and others' minds Mr. Moore. I have read your work, although I didn't pay for it. I borrowed it from a friend who was repeating your "factoids".

It's all pretty fascinating. I have to admit. Did Dennis have an accomplice? Did Sarah wrestle with or scratch someone she knew before she was abducted?

And this neighbor, the one who was the convicted sex offender. Was he involved in the case, or is this just smoke to raise doubt? Don't you wonder about being sued? I'd certainly retain an attorney and go after anyone who brought my name into a case like this. That is, if it wasn't true.

See, I am absolutely ready to say Dennis Deschaine is guilty as sin, based on what I've seen and heard. So I have no moral dilemna about him sitting right where he is until I see something that changes my mind. At that time, I'll say I was wrong and lobby my legislator to allow him to sue for whatever compensation can be made. I'd also include stripping whoever was involved in manipulating this case of "Qualified Immunity" allowing them to be sued severally and individually by Dennis for everything they own.

Until then, he's guilty. How could Dennis not remember whether or not he killed a little girl? Drugs? Oh sure... Was he abusing an amnesic? What on earth for? You can't remember it afterward.

A thousand dollars for an untrue statement? I could read it again. You're a good writer, and not stupid. Even smart people can be wrong. I'll get back to you... if it's there I'll find it. I'm the one the professors used to roll their eyes at when I'd point out errors in the textbooks. And just because there is nothing untrue in the book, doesn't mean the conclusions in the book are correct as well. report abuse

Jim Moore of Brunswick, ME Mr. Richard of Farmington obviously hasn't troubled himself to read the evidence concealed by prosecutors, the detectives' own contemporaneous notes which contradict their trial testimony about so-called "confessions," or the DNA evidence.
Dechaine requested DNA testing of the blood under Sarah Cherry's nails before his trial. The prosecutor opposed it, and the judge denied Dechaine's request. Ever hear of a guilty man wanting DNA tests performed? And asking the state to do it? And offering to pay for it? Well, Dechaine did.
Later, the tests were performed. Male DNA was found in the blood under Sarah's nails, but it's NOT Dechaine's DNA. Whose is it?????
It makes us wonder why the state incinerated the rape kit and unidentified hairs found on the body JUST DAYS AFTER Dechaine filed an appeal -- biological evidence which would probably have yielded more DNA. I have the state's documents to prove this!
Anyone can read all this in the book "Human Sacrifice," or read it in the previously secret files of the attorney general which were opened by an Act of the Legislature, then amplified by a lawsuit which produced evidence the state was still hiding. Those files are now open to the public. Read them. Learn the official facts.
The jury's verdict would have been useful IF they'd heard ALL the evidence.
But some folks find it easier just to swallow what the prosecutors and police tell them. Probably because they like the easy way, and because they really don't care about anybody else.
Incidentally, I'm the author of "Human Sacrifice." I'm taking no royalties for the book, and I've offered a $1,000 reward to anyone who can point to a single untrue statement in the book regarding the evidence or the official misconduct. That reward's been on the table since July, 2006. Nobody has tried to collect.
Armchair pundits who shoot their mouths off without taking the trouble to examine the facts give me a royal pain in my large toe.
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Leon Richard of Farmington, ME It's a huge thing to serve on a jury, and put a man in jail. Do you "know" Deschaine is innocent? I keep seeing this foolishness in the paper. Dennis Deschaine was convicted in a court of law, by a jury of his peers. Yeah I know... Al Hendsbee and the other State Police Detectives lied and invented evidence... They do that all the time you know. They're always framing people. Don't believe me? Go down to Warren and ask anybody wearing orange. They'll tell you...

What was Dennis doing wandering around in the woods less than a mile from where her body was found? How did the papers from his truck get into the driveway from where she dissappeared? How did the rope from his truck get around her wrists? Where was Dennis' "fishing gear"?

If 12 people agreed that Dennis Deschaine abducted that little girl, and caused her death, that's good enough for me. That said, there is nothing to do.report abuse