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14 Oct 2016, 9:59 pm
This problem was illustrated a few years ago in the now well-known “Annie Dookhan case,” where a Massachusetts state drug chemist intentionally falsified drug testing reports. [read post]
19 Jul 2016, 3:28 am
Admittedly imperfect, but since it could take weeks, months, for the lab report to come back (and putting aside the independent issue of whether the “real” lab report was accurate or an Annie Dookhan special), at least it offered some chance for an innocent person to get a negative result. [read post]
11 Jun 2016, 7:44 am
According to an article on the American Civil Liberties’ website, thousands of criminal defendants impacted by the Annie Dookhan/Hinton Drug Lab scandal still have not received justice. [read post]
9 May 2016, 5:30 am
As you may recall, there were some issues a while back with a few tests run by crime-lab chemist Annie Dookhan, and by “issues” I mean she was just making up the results and by “a few” I mean thousands. [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 3:25 am
• And, of course, there is the Massachusetts example of crime lab chemist Annie Dookhan, whose misdeeds impacted an overwhelming number of people who were wrongfully convicted based upon her junk science evidence. [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 11:59 am
Over 40,000 cases may have been tainted by Annie Dookhan may have been tainted by Annie Dookhan, a forensic scientist who pleaded guilty to forging initials of other chemists, intentionally contaminating samples, and just glancing at samples during analysis, instead of actually testing them. [read post]
20 Jan 2016, 11:15 am
And, this goes back I guess to your chapter discussing the paradox of the ethical but biased analyst that even analysts who are not your Annie Dookhans out of Massachusetts who are intentionally framing people. [read post]
7 Dec 2015, 5:00 am
The Annie Dookhan case in Massachusetts is an even bigger mess than was the Jonathan Salvador debacle in Texas. [read post]
29 Sep 2015, 6:10 am
So far, no Rapid DNA system has been validated for use in forensic labs, but several companies are trying.Indulging schadenfreude, or, we're screwed up but we're not MassachussettsThe Annie Dookhan fiasco in Massachussetts, where a crime lab worker intentionally framed defendants through faked forensic results, depicts the worst case scenario for a crime lab, with thousands of defendants potentially eligible to have their convictions overturned. [read post]
24 May 2015, 11:30 am
This past week, the Supreme Judicial Court rule that people who pled guilty in cases where evidence was mishandled by former state chemist Annie Dookhan may not be charged with more serious crimes if given a new trial and, if convicted, may not be given a worse sentence than the judge originally imposed. [read post]
18 May 2015, 3:06 pm
Ellement of The Boston Globe has a news update that begins, "The state's highest court ruled Monday that people who pleaded guilty in cases where evidence was mishandled by disgraced state chemist Annie Dookhan cannot be charged with more serious crimes if given a new trial and, if convicted, cannot be given a tougher sentence than originally was imposed. [read post]
14 May 2015, 10:07 am
One only has to go back 2 years to the case of Annie Dookhan, the chemist at the Massachusetts crime lab who intentionally altered drug certifications that effected up to 34,000 cases. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/22/annie-dookhan-former-state-chemist-who-mishandled-drug-evidence-agrees-plead-guilty/7UU3hfZUof4DFJGoNUfXGO/story.html Similar to the evidence regarding drugs, questions regarding the accuracy of the breath tests raise a lot of concerns… [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 2:35 am
Background Annie Dookhan was arrested and charged in 2012 with a total of 27 charges- including counts of obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence and perjury. [read post]
6 Aug 2014, 3:15 pm
Annie Dookhan has been shown to have possibly provided flawed and/or faked lab results in over 40,000 drug cases. [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 2:10 am
This news comes less than a year after the criminal sentencing of Annie Dookhan who pleaded guilty to more than two dozen counts of filing false reports, tampering with evidence, and misleading police officers. [read post]
6 Jun 2014, 1:33 pm
United States, US 1st Cir. (6/3/14)Criminal LawIn 2011, drugs found in Appellant’s possession were sent to a Massachusetts testing laboratory, where Annie Dookhan, a chemist, certified that the drugs were crack cocaine. [read post]
6 May 2014, 12:52 pm
One of the biggest cases was of Annie Dookhan who falsified thousands of drug reports . [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 4:05 am
The OIG found many major problems relating to Annie Dookhan, the disgraced chemist who is currently serving a 3-5 year sentence for her misconduct, and the way in which the drug lab was run. [read post]
10 Mar 2014, 4:28 am
If you or a loved one pled out to a drug case in which Annie Dookhan was either the primary or confirmatory chemist, you may be able to vacate your plea. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 1:39 pm
Here we are, more than a month after Annie Dookhan, former Massachusetts crime lab chemist, entered a guilty plea to producing fraudulent forensic testing results, and went to prison. [read post]
