Drug Lab ScandalHearing Officer Finds Misconduct Against Former Drug Lab ProsecutorsThree 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...Local CoverageJul 11, 2021Drug Lab Scandal Leaves Criminal Cases In LimboMany of the tens of thousands of criminal cases affected by Annie Dookhan’s bogus testing are still in limbo.PlayLocal Coverage05:56Dec 31, 2013Advertisement Dookhan's Lawyer Discusses Hinton Drug Lab CaseNicholas Gordon, the lawyer of former convicted chemist Annie Dookhan, spoke with WBUR's Deborah Becker.PlayLocal Coverage05:16Nov 29, 2013Mass. Reeling From Drug Lab Scandal A Year LaterMore 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...Local CoverageSep 1, 2013SJC: Drug Lab Special Court Sessions Pass Legal MusterThe ruling comes as one of the recently released drug lab defendants is charged with murder in Brockton.Local CoverageMay 17, 2013Mass. High Court To Consider Drug Lab Case ProceduresBoth 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.PlayLocal Coverage04:01May 9, 2013Photos Reveal Sloppy Conditions At Now-Closed Drug LabIn 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.PlayLocal Coverage04:00Apr 2, 2013Mass. Justice Sends Drug Lab Cases To High CourtThe cases could affect thousands of drug convictions challenged because of a scandal at a drug-testing lab.Local CoverageMar 13, 2013ACLU Asks Mass. High Court To Rule On Drug Lab ScandalThe ACLU's legal director says too many people are in jail awaiting motions for new trials amid the scandal.Local CoverageMar 6, 2013Mass. High Court Expected To Hear Drug Lab Appeal Case In AprilThe 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.Local CoverageFeb 21, 2013Drug Lab Scandal Creates Testing BacklogOfficials say the backlog of drug evidence testing caused by a shutdown of two state labs will take more than two years to erase.Local CoverageFeb 21, 2013Mass. High Court May Rule On Drug Lab CasesA justice agreed to stay the potential release of a defendant convicted in a case in which evidence was tested by former chemist Annie Dookhan.Local CoverageFeb 15, 2013Mass. Senate Approves Supplemental Budget BillThe supplemental spending measure includes $30 million to cover costs stemming from a drug testing scandal.Local CoverageFeb 13, 2013DA 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...Local CoverageFeb 8, 20131st Civil Lawsuit Filed In Mass. Drug Lab ScandalJeffrey Solomon says he was wrongfully charged with dealing drugs that were tested at the lab.Local CoverageFeb 4, 2013Ex-Mass. Chemist Pleads Not Guilty In Lab CaseA former Massachusetts chemist accused of faking test results at a state drug lab has pleaded not guilty at her sixth and final arraignment.Local CoverageFeb 2, 2013Lawyers Say Drug Lab Scandal Could WidenBoth district and defense attorneys say the scope of the scandal is likely to grow.PlayLocal Coverage05:27Jan 31, 2013Ex-Mass. Chemist Pleads Not Guilty To ObstructionAnnie Dookhan pleaded not guilty to six counts of obstruction of justice in a scandal that could jeopardize thousands of drug convictions.Local CoverageJan 30, 2013District 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.PlayLocal Coverage04:16Jan 25, 2013Mass. Republicans Seek Drug Lab Oversight BoardThe board would oversee all criminal forensic services in Massachusetts.Local CoverageJan 16, 2013Next Page
Hearing Officer Finds Misconduct Against Former Drug Lab ProsecutorsThree 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...Local CoverageJul 11, 2021
Drug Lab Scandal Leaves Criminal Cases In LimboMany of the tens of thousands of criminal cases affected by Annie Dookhan’s bogus testing are still in limbo.PlayLocal Coverage05:56Dec 31, 2013
Dookhan's Lawyer Discusses Hinton Drug Lab CaseNicholas Gordon, the lawyer of former convicted chemist Annie Dookhan, spoke with WBUR's Deborah Becker.PlayLocal Coverage05:16Nov 29, 2013
Mass. Reeling From Drug Lab Scandal A Year LaterMore 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...Local CoverageSep 1, 2013
SJC: Drug Lab Special Court Sessions Pass Legal MusterThe ruling comes as one of the recently released drug lab defendants is charged with murder in Brockton.Local CoverageMay 17, 2013
Mass. High Court To Consider Drug Lab Case ProceduresBoth 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.PlayLocal Coverage04:01May 9, 2013
Photos Reveal Sloppy Conditions At Now-Closed Drug LabIn 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.PlayLocal Coverage04:00Apr 2, 2013
Mass. Justice Sends Drug Lab Cases To High CourtThe cases could affect thousands of drug convictions challenged because of a scandal at a drug-testing lab.Local CoverageMar 13, 2013
ACLU Asks Mass. High Court To Rule On Drug Lab ScandalThe ACLU's legal director says too many people are in jail awaiting motions for new trials amid the scandal.Local CoverageMar 6, 2013
Mass. High Court Expected To Hear Drug Lab Appeal Case In AprilThe 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.Local CoverageFeb 21, 2013
Drug Lab Scandal Creates Testing BacklogOfficials say the backlog of drug evidence testing caused by a shutdown of two state labs will take more than two years to erase.Local CoverageFeb 21, 2013
Mass. High Court May Rule On Drug Lab CasesA justice agreed to stay the potential release of a defendant convicted in a case in which evidence was tested by former chemist Annie Dookhan.Local CoverageFeb 15, 2013
Mass. Senate Approves Supplemental Budget BillThe supplemental spending measure includes $30 million to cover costs stemming from a drug testing scandal.Local CoverageFeb 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...Local CoverageFeb 8, 2013
1st Civil Lawsuit Filed In Mass. Drug Lab ScandalJeffrey Solomon says he was wrongfully charged with dealing drugs that were tested at the lab.Local CoverageFeb 4, 2013
Ex-Mass. Chemist Pleads Not Guilty In Lab CaseA former Massachusetts chemist accused of faking test results at a state drug lab has pleaded not guilty at her sixth and final arraignment.Local CoverageFeb 2, 2013
Lawyers Say Drug Lab Scandal Could WidenBoth district and defense attorneys say the scope of the scandal is likely to grow.PlayLocal Coverage05:27Jan 31, 2013
Ex-Mass. Chemist Pleads Not Guilty To ObstructionAnnie Dookhan pleaded not guilty to six counts of obstruction of justice in a scandal that could jeopardize thousands of drug convictions.Local CoverageJan 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.PlayLocal Coverage04:16Jan 25, 2013
Mass. Republicans Seek Drug Lab Oversight BoardThe board would oversee all criminal forensic services in Massachusetts.Local CoverageJan 16, 2013
