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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: EC on November 22, 2013, 11:19:53 am

Title: Guilty plea expected in Mass. drug lab scandal
Post by: EC on November 22, 2013, 11:19:53 am

Via AP: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MA_MASSACHUSETTS_DRUG_LAB

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BOSTON (AP) -- A chemist at a Massachusetts drug lab who allegedly admitted faking test results in criminal cases is expected to plead guilty to obstruction of justice, perjury and tampering with evidence charges.

Annie Dookhan of Franklin has a change-of-plea hearing scheduled for Friday in Suffolk Superior Court. She initially pleaded not guilty to 27 charges.

During a court hearing last month, prosecutors said Dookhan admitted "dry labbing," or testing only a fraction of a batch of samples, then listing them all as positive for illegal drugs.

More at link.

Hope they not only lock her away, but charge her for the retrials needed.