Drug Lab Scandal
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...
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.
Dookhan's Lawyer Discusses Hinton Drug Lab Case
Nicholas Gordon, the lawyer of former convicted chemist Annie Dookhan, spoke with WBUR's Deborah Becker.
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...
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mass. Senate Approves Supplemental Budget Bill
The supplemental spending measure includes $30 million to cover costs stemming from a drug testing scandal.
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...
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.
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.
Lawyers Say Drug Lab Scandal Could Widen
Both district and defense attorneys say the scope of the scandal is likely to grow.
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.
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.
Mass. Republicans Seek Drug Lab Oversight Board
The board would oversee all criminal forensic services in Massachusetts.