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Governor Patrick Offers Plan To Address Costs In Drug Lab Scandal

By Jim Phillips October 24, 2012

Gov. Deval Patrick's administration has unveiled a new plan for dealing with the mounting costs associated with the alleged mishandling of evidence at a state drug lab. 

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Mass. Lawyers Call for Outside Probe of Drug Lab

By Taylor Cormier October 24, 2012

A call is being made for the appointment of an independent investigator to oversee the probe of the testing scandal at a state drug lab.
 
The Massachusetts Bar Association and the American Civil Liberties Union were among the groups to sign a letter sent on Wednesday to Attorney General Martha Coakley, asking her to appoint the outside investigator to fully examine what happened at the lab

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More Cases Head to Court in Mass. Drug Lab Scandal

By Taylor Cormier October 22, 2012

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 served time behind bars for killing a neighborhood cat and burning its remains

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Chemist in Mass. Lab Scandal Refuses to Testify

By Taylor Cormier October 10, 2012

A chemist at the center of a scandal at a Massachusetts drug lab has refused to testify in a drug case against a Boston man who once spent 15 years in prison for the slaying of a 12-year-old girl he says he did not commit

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“Rogue Chemist” Arrested

By Taylor Cormier September 28, 2012

Former state lab chemist Annie Dookhan has been arrested. She's accused of faking drug test results that has left the outcome of thousands of criminal drug cases in question. Investigators say she handled tens-of-thousands of drug samples and she allegedly confessed to faking tests for two or three years

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New Bedford Case Affected by Drug Lab Scandal Sent to Trial

By Taylor Cormier September 28, 2012

The first local case affected by the state drug lab scandal returned to court today.

A spokesman for the Bristol County District Attorney's office says 32-year-old Nathan Martin of New Bedford was ordered continued to be held on $25,000 bail in Superior Court this morning

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Levinson Admits to Making Up Blackmail Story

By Taylor Cormier September 6, 2012

Dartmouth Detective Robert Levinson remains on sick leave after getting caught up in what he calls a blackmail scandal.

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