Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Annie Doukhan: American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts steps in: Asking high court to declare a presumptive right to have sentences put on hold; WWLP;


 STORY: "Mass. high court asked to rule on drug lab scandal," published by WWLP on March 6. 2013.

GIST: "The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts is asking the state's highest court to get involved in a state drug lab scandal that threatens to derail thousands of criminal cases.
The ACLU is asking the Supreme Judicial Court to find that all defendants whose cases were handled by former state chemist Annie Dookhan have a presumptive right to have their sentences put on hold while motions for new trials are pending. Dookhan has been accused of faking test results and tampering with evidence."

The entire story can be found at:

http://www.wwlp.com/dpp/news/massachusetts/ap_massachusetts/Mass-high-court-asked-to-rule-on-drug-lab-scandal_60829125

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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/charlessmith

Information on "The Charles Smith Blog Award"- and its nomination process - can be found at:

http://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2011/05/charles-smith-blog-award-nominations.html

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Harold Levy: Publisher; The Charles Smith Blog.