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Government Chemist Tampered With 40,000 Cases

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Re: Government Chemist Tampered With 40,000 Cases

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So, it appears that evidence processing has something akin to zero controls and (effective) auditing?

Where prosecutors either knew of or had strong reason to suspect this misbehavior, their immunity should be dissolved and they should be prosecuted. Their personal assets should also be subject to forfeiture for compensation.

Re: Government Chemist Tampered With 40,000 Cases

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there's a second employee at the same place now caught up in it, with possibly up to 190,000 cases now needing review - http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/26/chemist-related-...

Oh this is rich.

'she took some chemistry classes in college but her degree is actually in sociology,'

Hot diggittiy.

Edit: Goes to prove that a _GOOD_ defense lawyer would have dig that up during cross exam. (if that is a thing)

Re: Government Chemist Tampered With 40,000 Cases

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3-5 years?! THREE TO FIVE YEARS???!!! There are no words. Agents of the law need to be held more accountable for their actions than your average citizen, not less. This is disgusting.

I have mixed feelings about jail terms in general, but I agree– this is precisely the sort of crime I would imagine carrying a life sentence. The number of cases affected & lives disrupted here is hardly fathomable.

Re: Government Chemist Tampered With 40,000 Cases

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3-5 years?! THREE TO FIVE YEARS???!!! There are no words. Agents of the law need to be held more accountable for their actions than your average citizen, not less. This is disgusting.

I have mixed feelings about jail terms in general, but I agree– this is precisely the sort of crime I would imagine carrying a life sentence. The number of cases affected & lives disrupted here is hardly fathomable.

What is the punishment for helping somebody to hold a person captive in their basement? The sentence should be that times sixhundred (how many wrongful convictions she caused, number might rise yet).
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