WARREN, Maine (AP) — Famed defense lawyer F. Lee Bailey has agreed to serve as a consultant on convicted child murderer Dennis Dechaine’s petition for a new trial.
Bailey met Wednesday with Dechaine at the Maine State Prison, where he’s serving a life sentence for the 1988 kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry in Bowdoinham.
Dechaine has maintained his innocence and last August he petitioned for a new trial based on DNA evidence not available at the time of his trial.
Bailey, who’s 75, has worked on a number of high-profile cases, including the trials of Sam Sheppard, Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson.
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