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Massachusetts state crime lab nails 'em.

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Well, no. Not really. Roughly 32,000 cases thrown out. It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside when I think of the gnashing of teeth and cry baby whining in all those DA's offices. :lol:

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Thousands of Massachusetts convictions tainted by rogue lab chemist tossed
Prosecutors agreed to dismiss the cases tainted by Sonja Farak, who pleaded guilty to stealing drugs from the lab

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/ ... ist-tossed

BOSTON (AP) — A judge on Massachusetts’ highest court has ordered the dismissal of thousands of cases tainted by a former chemist who authorities say was high almost every day she worked at a state drug lab for eight years.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and the state’s public defender agency say more than 11,000 convictions in nearly 7,700 cases are being tossed.

Prosecutors agreed to dismiss the cases tainted by Sonja Farak, who pleaded guilty in 2014 to stealing drugs from the lab.

The ACLU and Committee for Public Counsel Services also are asking the court to throw out thousands of other cases potentially impacted by the rogue chemist.

Farak’s case is separate from another Massachusetts drug lab scandal that resulted in the dismissal of some 21,000 convictions last year.
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