fter initially denying the charges, Ms. Dookhan, who was born in Trinidad, raised in Boston, and is now a single mother in her 30s, changed her plea Friday. She pleaded guilty to 27 charges of obstruction of justice, perjury, and tampering with evidence.
Dookhan's actions may have distorted the results of the criminal trials of more than 40,000 individuals, and close to 350 people have already been released from prison as a result, Boston public radio station WBUR reports. The Boston-area Department of Public Health laboratory where she had worked for 10 years was closed in August 2012 after the scandal surfaced, and the Associated Press reports that 1,100 criminal cases have been dismissed or not prosecuted as a result.
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In addition to cops perjuring themselves for a conviction, to State's Attorneys winking at trumped up and thin-as-a-whisper evidence, to judges rubberstamping whatever the aforementioned two can come up with, NOW, we have OTHER state workers lying and cheating to put SOMEONE in jail. Anybody. Think of all the promotions given out based on all these convictions. Based on relentless investigations. Tireless pursuit of the truth. Unwavering commitment to justice. All grounded by a respect for what's right. And a whole lot of BS.
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ReplyDeleteand now a hundred or so people have been victimized by an off-calibrated blood test machine for DUI. they just make stuff up to sound good and lock someone up
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