Trial and Error

Since his incarceration in Maine State Prison in 1988, Dennis Dechaine has been interviewed by the media many times. Some of those interviews were videotaped. In 2004, he talked with independent  filmmaker Richard Searls about his upbringing in Madawaska, his family, marriage, arrest, conviction and life in prison. In 2010, he was interviewed by Trevor Maxwell, then a reporter for the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram. Clicking on the link to Maxwell’s interview will also take you to a comprehensive series of articles he wrote about the case for the papers.

See the video interviews taped in prison

2010 interview conducted by the Portland Press Herald

2004 interview conducted by filmmaker Richard Searls

Click on these links to open the 2 part interview.

PART 1 of Dechaine’s Interview

Part 2 of Dechaine's Interview