On September 28, 2012, Massachusetts state chemist Annie Dookhan was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and falsification of academic records. Approximately four months later another chemist, Sonja Farak, was arrested for using the drugs she was supposed to be testing and the Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal was born. Hosts Jamie Folk and Ilyas Rona will be exploring the William H Hinton, UMass Amherst and State Police crime labs associated with this scandal and speak with the lawyers whose clients rights were violated as a result of the fraud committed by the chemists in these labs. Through their investigation of this...
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Feb 21, 2021 · 1:01:29
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Jan 27, 2021 · 1:14:44
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Duane Cook spent six years of his life behind bars while the state knew his evidence was tampered with by Farak and refused to give him his freedom. This powerful episode clearly…
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Dec 13, 2020 · 57:17
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Nov 29, 2020 · 2:04:36
Continuation of the Hanchett Interview where he confesses to more incompetence and general bad lab practices.
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Oct 26, 2020 · 54:12
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Oct 18, 2020 · 1:43:07
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Sep 14, 2020 · 1:31:15
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Jun 29, 2020 · 1:28:27
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Jun 23, 2020 · 1:26:33
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