This image provided by WMTW, shows Dennis Dechaine, who's serving a life prison sentence for killing a 12-year-old girl in 1988, is seen walking into a courtroom for the start of a hearing in which his lawyer is trying to convince a judge to order a new trial based on new DNA evidence, on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Rockland, Maine. (Connor Clement/WMTW via AP )
This image provided by WMTW, shows Dennis Dechaine, who's serving a life prison sentence for killing a 12-year-old girl in 1988, is seen walking into a courtroom for the start of a hearing in which his lawyer is trying to convince a judge to order a new trial based on new DNA evidence, on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in Rockland, Maine. (Connor Clement/WMTW via AP )
FILE - Dennis Dechaine stands by a window in a conference room at the Maine State Prison in Warren, Maine, Wednesday, April 6, 2005. Dechaine, of Maine, who was convicted of killing a 12-year-old girl more than three decades ago launched his latest bid on Thursday, April 18, 2024, for a new trial by trying to convince a judge that advances in DNA testing raise questions about the man's guilt. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)