More Cases Head to Court in Mass. Drug Lab Scandal
More defendants are expected to challenge their convictions this week based on a testing scandal at a Massachusetts drug lab, including a man currently under indictment for murder and another man who...
View ArticleChemist Indicted On 27 Counts
A Massachusetts chemist accused of deliberately faking test results on drug samples in criminal cases has been indicted on 27 charges. Annie Dookhan, of Franklin, was first arrested in September...
View ArticleMass. Chemist Arraigned In Drug Lab Scandal
The former chemist at the center of a drug testing scandal at a now-closed Massachusetts lab has pleaded not guilty to charges including perjury and tampering with evidence. Annie Dookhan was...
View ArticleAttorney: Chemist May Have Tainted Evidence In 40,000 Drug Cases
A lawyer appointed by the Massachusetts governor to review prosecutions connected to a state lab scandal found that the drug cases of more than 40,000 defendants may have been tainted. David...
View ArticleDookhan's Attorney Seeking Plea Deal
Prosecutors and a lawyer for a Massachusetts chemist charged in a far-reaching scandal at a state drug-testing lab plan to meet with a judge to discuss a possible guilty plea. Getty Images Annie...
View ArticleDookhan Sentenced To 3-5 Years In Jail
A chemist at a Massachusetts drug lab accused of faking test results in criminal cases has been sentenced to three to five years in prison. Annie Dookhan, of Franklin, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleACLU Asks SJC For Help In Drug Lab Cases
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the highest court in Massachusetts to come up with a comprehensive plan for handling thousands of criminal cases tainted by a scandal at a state drug lab...
View ArticleDefendants In Dookhan Cases Cannot Have Charges Upgraded
The state's highest court has ruled that thousands of defendants convicted of drug crimes after a chemist in a Massachusetts lab tampered with evidence cannot be charged with a more serious crime or...
View ArticleProsecutors Likely to Toss Thousands of Tainted Drug Cases
BOSTON (AP) - District attorneys in Massachusetts are facing a key deadline as they continue to deal with the damage caused by the misconduct of a former state drug lab chemist. The state's highest...
View ArticleOver 1,500 Drug Cases Dismissed Due to Former Chemist's Meddling
NEW BEDFORD - Over 1,500 drug cases pending in district and superior courts are being dropped by the Bristol County District Attorney's Office as a direct result of a former state drug lab chemist's...
View ArticleMore Cases Head to Court in Mass. Drug Lab Scandal
More defendants are expected to challenge their convictions this week based on a testing scandal at a Massachusetts drug lab, including a man currently under indictment for murder and another man who...
View ArticleChemist Indicted On 27 Counts
A Massachusetts chemist accused of deliberately faking test results on drug samples in criminal cases has been indicted on 27 charges. Annie Dookhan, of Franklin, was first arrested in September...
View ArticleMass. Chemist Arraigned In Drug Lab Scandal
The former chemist at the center of a drug testing scandal at a now-closed Massachusetts lab has pleaded not guilty to charges including perjury and tampering with evidence. Annie Dookhan was...
View ArticleAttorney: Chemist May Have Tainted Evidence In 40,000 Drug Cases
A lawyer appointed by the Massachusetts governor to review prosecutions connected to a state lab scandal found that the drug cases of more than 40,000 defendants may have been tainted. David...
View ArticleDookhan's Attorney Seeking Plea Deal
Prosecutors and a lawyer for a Massachusetts chemist charged in a far-reaching scandal at a state drug-testing lab plan to meet with a judge to discuss a possible guilty plea. Getty Images Annie...
View ArticleDookhan Sentenced To 3-5 Years In Jail
A chemist at a Massachusetts drug lab accused of faking test results in criminal cases has been sentenced to three to five years in prison. Annie Dookhan, of Franklin, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleACLU Asks SJC For Help In Drug Lab Cases
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking the highest court in Massachusetts to come up with a comprehensive plan for handling thousands of criminal cases tainted by a scandal at a state drug lab......
View ArticleDefendants In Dookhan Cases Cannot Have Charges Upgraded
The state's highest court has ruled that thousands of defendants convicted of drug crimes after a chemist in a Massachusetts lab tampered with evidence cannot be charged with a more serious crime or...
View ArticleProsecutors Likely to Toss Thousands of Tainted Drug Cases
BOSTON (AP) - District attorneys in Massachusetts are facing a key deadline as they continue to deal with the damage caused by the misconduct of a former state drug lab chemist. The state's highest...
View ArticleOver 1,500 Drug Cases Dismissed Due to Former Chemist's Meddling
NEW BEDFORD - Over 1,500 drug cases pending in district and superior courts are being dropped by the Bristol County District Attorney's Office as a direct result of a former state drug lab chemist's...
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