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Left to right, former assistant attorneys general Anne Kaczmarek and Kris Foster. (Courtesy Netflix)

Hearing Officer Finds Misconduct Against Former Drug Lab Prosecutors

Three former Massachusetts assistant attorneys general all engaged in misconduct while investigating a state drug lab scandal involving disgraced former-chemist Sonja Farak, according to the findings of a Special Hearing...

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Jul 11, 2021

Drug Lab Scandal Leaves Criminal Cases In Limbo

Many of the tens of thousands of criminal cases affected by Annie Dookhan’s bogus testing are still in limbo.

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05:56Dec 31, 2013

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Dookhan's Lawyer Discusses Hinton Drug Lab Case

Nicholas Gordon, the lawyer of former convicted chemist Annie Dookhan, spoke with WBUR's Deborah Becker.

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05:16Nov 29, 2013

Mass. Reeling From Drug Lab Scandal A Year Later

More than 330 prison inmates have been released from custody and at least 1,1000 cases have been dismissed or not prosecuted because of tainted evidence and other fallout from the...

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Sep 1, 2013

SJC: Drug Lab Special Court Sessions Pass Legal Muster

The ruling comes as one of the recently released drug lab defendants is charged with murder in Brockton.

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May 17, 2013

Mass. High Court To Consider Drug Lab Case Procedures

Both prosecutors and defense attorneys are asking the high court to provide clarity on the process of reviewing criminal convictions jeopardized by the state drug lab crisis.

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04:01May 9, 2013

Above: On February 1, 2013, an agent of the Office of the Inspector General found green vegetable matter and miscellaneous contents in a drying hood cabinet located in the Jamaica Plain drug laboratory, according to State Police documents.

Photos Reveal Sloppy Conditions At Now-Closed Drug Lab

In hundreds of photos from investigators, drug samples are shown stored all over the Hinton lab: in drawers, cabinets, even in manila folders inside file cabinets.

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04:00Apr 2, 2013

CPCS Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti, foreground, observes the single justice hearing Wednesday.

Mass. Justice Sends Drug Lab Cases To High Court

The cases could affect thousands of drug convictions challenged because of a scandal at a drug-testing lab.

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Mar 13, 2013

ACLU Asks Mass. High Court To Rule On Drug Lab Scandal

The ACLU's legal director says too many people are in jail awaiting motions for new trials amid the scandal.

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Mar 6, 2013

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Mass. High Court Expected To Hear Drug Lab Appeal Case In April

The Supreme Judicial Court is expected to review a case that challenges the way the state is handling criminal cases related to the drug lab crisis.

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Feb 21, 2013

Drug Lab Scandal Creates Testing Backlog

Officials say the backlog of drug evidence testing caused by a shutdown of two state labs will take more than two years to erase.

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Feb 21, 2013

Mass. High Court May Rule On Drug Lab Cases

A justice agreed to stay the potential release of a defendant convicted in a case in which evidence was tested by former chemist Annie Dookhan.

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Feb 15, 2013

Mass. Senate Approves Supplemental Budget Bill

The supplemental spending measure includes $30 million to cover costs stemming from a drug testing scandal.

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Feb 13, 2013

DA Leone: Wider Range Of Drug Lab Cases May Be Dismissed

"It may be that a wide swath — if not all — of the cases done by the Jamaica Plain lab between 2003 and 2012 may not be prosecuted," Middlesex...

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Feb 8, 2013

1st Civil Lawsuit Filed In Mass. Drug Lab Scandal

Jeffrey Solomon says he was wrongfully charged with dealing drugs that were tested at the lab.

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Feb 4, 2013

Ex-Mass. Chemist Pleads Not Guilty In Lab Case

A former Massachusetts chemist accused of faking test results at a state drug lab has pleaded not guilty at her sixth and final arraignment.

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Feb 2, 2013

Lawyers Say Drug Lab Scandal Could Widen

Both district and defense attorneys say the scope of the scandal is likely to grow.

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05:27Jan 31, 2013

Ex-state chemist Annie Dookhan, left, is seen with her lawyer, right, at her arraignment Wednesday. (Joe Spurr/WBUR)

Ex-Mass. Chemist Pleads Not Guilty To Obstruction

Annie Dookhan pleaded not guilty to six counts of obstruction of justice in a scandal that could jeopardize thousands of drug convictions.

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Jan 30, 2013

District Attorneys Struggle To Deal With Cases In Drug Lab Scandal

District attorneys most affected by the scandal have asked for $12 million for this fiscal year alone to deal with the extra cases.

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04:16Jan 25, 2013

Mass. Republicans Seek Drug Lab Oversight Board

The board would oversee all criminal forensic services in Massachusetts.

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Jan 16, 2013