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Massachusetts Throws Out 21,587 Tainted Drug Convictions

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

takyon writes:

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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• Re:Why were there no silent testing of the lab don Re:Why were there no silent testing of the lab don (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @05:25AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @05:25AM (#497797)

  Yep. I think I posted this last time this came up, but while she's guilty, the whole capitalist system enabled her.

  She was merely doing what her employers wanted any employee to do: get the customer what she's paying for.

  The state is the customer, and the state is paying for convictions.

  I would bet anything that this lab was chosen because it delivered the most convictions over competing labs.

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• Re:Why were there no silent testing of the lab don (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @07:31AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 22 2017, @07:31AM (#497834)

  The power of greenspan compels you?

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