Massachusetts Throws Out More Than 21,000 Convictions In Drug Testing Scandal
The state's Supreme Judicial Court officially dismissed the drug convictions because of misconduct by a former state chemist who admitted to faking test results.
by Amy Held
Apr 20, 2017
1 minute
Massachusetts formally dropped more than 21,000 tainted drug convictions Thursday that were linked to a disgraced state chemist who in 2013 admitted to faking test results.
It's the largest single dismissal of convictions in U.S. history,
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