STORY: "Mass. judge sends drug lab cases to high court," published by Associated Press on March 12, 2013.
GIST: "A justice of Massachusetts' highest court has agreed to
ask the full court to decide two cases in which prosecutors are
challenging how lower courts are handling drug convictions now in
jeopardy because of alleged misconduct by a chemist at a state
drug-testing lab. Annie Dookhan has pleaded not guilty to faking test results and evidence tampering.........Essex
District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett is challenging whether retired
judges appointed as special magistrates to hear Dookhan cases have the
authority to put sentences on hold while requests for new trials are
pending."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i8yOsQILDATvnDkF1A8PVVozdYFw?docId=e6389e6d434f4e1989ac5f39b3854bf8
See Patriot Ledger story in which State's Attorney Michael Morrissey says: “I never thought one person could do this much damage to the criminal justice system as this person did.”
http://www.patriotledger.com/news/x1522337324/Morrissey-discusses-damage-done-by-chemist-accused-in-state-drug-lab-scandal
PUBLISHER'S NOTE
I have added a search box for content in this blog which now encompasses several thousand posts. The search box is located near the bottom of the screen just above the list of links. I am confident that this powerful search tool provided by "Blogger" will help our readers and myself get more out of the site.
The Toronto Star, my previous employer for more than twenty incredible years, has put considerable effort into exposing the harm caused by Dr. Charles Smith and his protectors - and into pushing for reform of Ontario's forensic pediatric pathology system. The Star has a "topic" section which focuses on recent stories related to Dr. Charles Smith. It can be found at:
http://www.thestar.com/topic/
Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:
http://smithforensic.blogspot.
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Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.
