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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.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Scrutinizer on Saturday April 22 2017, @12:37AM
Annie Dookhan should pay for her crimes, I absolutely agree. It is therefore troubling that Annie's victims, those who later found productive work, literally paid for her crimes by coughing up the tax monies used to feed and house dear Annie.
Once a person's crimes rise to the level where restitution for the victims is impossible, and the damages in money and lost life reaches far into the millions or beyond, I really only see one way for a properly-convicted criminal to pay without harming her victims all over again: exile or execution.