POST: "Annie Dookhan pleads not guilty: Ex-Massachusetts chemist arraigned in drug lab case," by reporter Denise Lavoie, published by the Huffington Post on January 9, 2013.
GIST: "A former Massachusetts chemist accused of faking test results at a state drug lab and endangering thousands of criminal cases pleaded not guilty Wednesday to five counts of obstruction of justice. Annie Dookhan's plea in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham is part of a series of arraignments in six different counties, including two on Wednesday. Dookhan didn't comment after her appearances in Norfolk county or her earlier appearance at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn. She was charged with two counts of obstruction of justice in Norfolk and three in Middlesex. Dookhan was indicted last month on a total of 27 charges. Prosecutors have accused her of fabricating test results and tampering with drug evidence while testing substances in criminal cases. The scandal threatens to unravel thousands of drug convictions......... Authorities have said Dookhan tested more than 60,000 samples covering 34,000 defendants during her nine years at the DPH lab. An estimated 200 convicted defendants have been released from jail and had their cases put on hold while their legal challenges make their way through the courts. Dookhan's husband, Surren Dookhan, warned a state prosecutor that his wife was a habitual liar years before she was caught, according to a published report. In state police documents obtained by The Boston Globe, former assistant Norfolk District Attorney George Papachristos told police that Surren Dookhan contacted him in August 2009 after he befriended Dookhan. According to the documents, Surren Dookhan texted to the prosecutor in August 2009 that his wife was "always lying" and looking for "sympathy and attention.""
The entire post can be found at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/annie-dookhan-not-guilty_n_2440754.html
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