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posted by martyb on Friday April 21 2017, @11:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the real-reason-to-celebrate-4/20 dept.

Annie Dookhan's falsification of drug lab tests has become a reason for over 21,000 people to celebrate. Massachusetts will drop 21,587 cases in the largest single dismissal of convictions in U.S. history:

Massachusetts formally dropped more than 21,000 tainted drug convictions Thursday that were linked to a disgraced state chemist who in 2013 admitted to faking test results.

It's the largest single dismissal of convictions in U.S. history, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

Thursday's dismissals by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court had been expected after several district attorneys on Tuesday submitted lists of 21,587 cases they said they would be unwilling or unable to prosecute, The Associated Press reports.

Previous Coverage:
Massachusetts: Tens of Thousands of Drug Convictions to be Overturned After Fraudulent Lab Tests.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @02:36AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @02:36AM (#497749)

    System works fine for lynching black people. It's not for justice.

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday April 22 2017, @02:44AM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 22 2017, @02:44AM (#497755) Journal

    So, stand up and insist the system be fixed. If that's the best you can do, maybe you need to be lynched.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @05:30AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @05:30AM (#497799)

      The system is beyond fixing at this point. Do you think people like Sessions will listen to people standing up and insisting the system be fixed?

      You're on the side of justice today, but I've seen enough posts to know that your moments of clarity do not last long.

      All it takes is for something to (1 frame flash #MAGA) get your authoritarian follower side going, and you'll post just about the polar opposite of what you just wrote.

      Please hang on to this moment of clarity.

  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday April 22 2017, @11:57AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Saturday April 22 2017, @11:57AM (#497878) Journal

    Is there any data to support that she made tests for black people falsely positive more often than for other groups?