{"id":1231,"date":"2017-02-04T10:15:29","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T15:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2017-02-04T10:15:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T15:15:29","slug":"massachusetts-sjc-outlines-process-dealing-annie-dookhan-drug-lab-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-sjc-outlines-process-dealing-annie-dookhan-drug-lab-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts SJC outlines process for dealing with Annie Dookhan Drug lab scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court addressed a plan to handle the numerous\u00a0potentially-tainted drug cases that are a result of Annie Dookhans mishandling of evidence.\u00a0Originally, there were several indications that the criminal justice system would adopt a blanket approach to handling the cases; many people called for complete and utter dismissal of all convictions tied to Annie. However, the Supreme Judicial Court ultimately declined this method, and outlined a process to put the scandal in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts District Attorneys are going to have the responsibility of sorting through and dismissing any cases that would not be able to be re-prosecuted in a court of law. In accordance, District attorneys across the state will have 90 days to accomplish this task, and notably have to follow a three-step process in doing so; defendants whose cases would not be dropped will be alerted, and will have an opportunity to obtain counsel if they want to dismiss their plea or request a new trial.\u00a0If you want to stay informed make sure to read the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/news\/local_coverage\/2017\/01\/sjc_outlines_plan_to_dismiss_tainted_drug_cases_following_dookhan\">latest news on the Annie Dookan case at the Bostonherald.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dookhan was a chemist at a Boston Laboratory utilized frequently by the Massachusetts State Police, the Hinton State Laboratory Institute; where she was eventually caught and admitted to faking drug results, forging paperwork and mixing false samples. There are allegedly more than 24,000 defendants that, through a process, have been linked to Dookhan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-sjc-outlines-process-dealing-annie-dookhan-drug-lab-scandal\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts SJC outlines process for dealing with Annie Dookhan Drug lab scandal\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court addressed a plan to handle the numerous\u00a0potentially-tainted drug cases that are a result of Annie Dookhans mishandling of evidence.\u00a0Originally, there were several indications that the criminal justice system would adopt a blanket approach to handling the cases; many people called for complete and utter dismissal of all convictions tied [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drug-distribution-drug-trafficking"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Massachusetts SJC outlines process for dealing with Annie Dookhan Drug lab scandal &#8212; 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