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Crime Lab Scandal Leaves Massachusetts Legal System In Turmoil

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Re: Crime Lab Scandal Leaves Massachusetts Legal System In Turmoil

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Post by jonlucc »

michaelfeathers wrote: post #2

I'm curious what percentage of testing goes through that lab.

This is a good question. I think most cities have one lab. They probably have multiple analysts in the lab, but I think it's still a pretty high percentage of the total cases.

Re: Crime Lab Scandal Leaves Massachusetts Legal System In Turmoil

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Post by wcummings »

yeukhon wrote: post #4

what is her motive?

"Putting drug dealers in jail", to only very loosely paraphrase her words. She was working with the prosecutors.

The news loves to call her a "rogue chemist" to misdirect.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/12/20/in...

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Post by middleclick »

wcummings wrote: post #7
yeukhon wrote: post #4

what is her motive?

"Putting drug dealers in jail", to only very loosely paraphrase her words. She was working with the prosecutors. The news loves to call her a "rogue chemist" to misdirect. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/12/20/in...

Reminds me of this:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/aug/11/kids-for-cash-j...

"'Kids for cash' judge gets 28 years in Pennsylvania bribery case"

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