Press coverage of Committee for Public Counsel Services v. Attorney General:
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WHDH: More than 24,000 drug convictions dismissed in cases tainted by former state chemist
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Associated Press: Report: More than 24,000 tainted drug convictions tossed
- Daily Hampshire Gazette: ACLU reaching out to drug defendants cleared in state lab scandal
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WAMC: Notice Campaign Seeks To Reach Thousands Of Wrongfully Convicted Drug Lab Defendants
- Boston Globe: State could pay ‘north of $10 million’ to reimburse defendants in drug lab scandals
- WBUR: Mass. High Court Considers Fining AG's Office In Drug Lab Case
- ABC News: Court asked to levy fines for misconduct in lab scandal
- Boston Globe: Attorney General Healey promises changes after drug lab scandal
- Boston Globe: Judge dismisses more than 7,000 Amherst drug lab cases
- Sentinel & Enterprise: 11,000 drug convictions officially tossed
- MassLive: Thousands of convictions tainted by disgraced Amherst drug lab analyst Sonja Farak vacated
- WBUR: 11,000 Convictions Ordered For Dismissal In Chemist Case
- Boston Globe: Defense lawyers ask court to toss 11,000 more cases in Amherst drug lab scandal
- Daily Hampshire Gazette: Dismissal sought for 11K cases tied to Amherst drug lab scandal
- Mass Live: Annie Dookhan drug defendants ask state to reimburse their court fees and fines; Mass. could owe millions
- Boston Globe: Dookhan defendants sue for return of probation fees
- Boston Herald: Drug Lab Scandal: SJC to decide of defendants get money back
- Commonwealth Magazine: The cost of the drug war
- Boston Herald: Judge set to toss 8,000 drug cases tied to scandal
- Courthouse News: Massachusetts primes for dismissal of thousands of drug cases
- MassLive: Around 8,000 Massachusetts drug cases touched by Sonja Farak could be dismissed next week
- Boston Herald: SJC to rule on ex-prosecutors' alleged misconduct in Farak cases
- Boston Globe: SJC to decide whether to dismiss all cases connected to former drug lab chemists
- MassLive: Massachusetts high court to hear case involving fallout from disgraced state drug lab chemist Sonja Farak's conduct
- Boston Herald: Full List of Annie Dookhan defendants sought
- ACLU Blog: 30,000 Tainted Convictions, One Path Forward
- Rolling Stone: And Justice For None: Inside Biggest Law Enforcement Scandal in Massachusetts History
- CBS News: 8,000 drug convictions could be dismissed in Massachusetts
- Washington Post: Massachusetts prosecutors to throw out 8,000 convictions in second drug lab scandal
- MassLive: More than 8,000 drug cases tainted by chemist Sonja Farak
- MassLive: Tainted drug cases cause irreparable damage (Editorial)
- WBUR: 6,000 Cases May Be Dismissed After Former State Chemist Misconduct
- Boston Herald: DAs to dump 7,500 more drug convictions
- Reuters: Massachusetts prosecutors to toss 6,000 cases tied to drug chemist
- New York Times: 6,000 Drug Cases Tainted by Lab Scandal to Be Dismissed
- Washington Post: Prosecutors slammed for ‘lack of moral compass,’ withholding evidence in widening Mass. drug lab scandal
- Slate: Prosecutors Lied About a Chemist Who Tainted 18,000 Convictions. Time to Overturn Them All.
- Alternet: Thousands of Cases Tainted in New Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal
- Courthouse News: ACLU Calls Thousands of Massachusetts Drug Cases Tainted
- MassLive: ACLU asks for dismissal of all drug cases affected by Sonja Farak misconduct
- WBUR: Mass. High Court Is Asked To Dismiss Cases Tied To Ex-State Drug Lab Chemist
- Boston Globe: Court petition asks for dismissal of all cases touched by former drug lab chemist Farak
- Boston Herald: Lawyers ask SJC to toss mountain of cases tied to disgraced chemist
- Law360: ACLU Urges Mass. Justices To Toss Tainted Drug Convictions
- NECN: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Asked to Dismiss Cases Tied to Former Drug Lab Chemist
- Slate: Prosecutors Made Massachusetts’ Drug Lab Scandal Much, Much Worse
- WBUR: Hearings Dive Into Ex-State Chemist's Drug Abuse, And What The AG's Office Knew
- NECIR: Luke Ryan on finding undisclosed Farak evidence
- WGBH: Judge Pushes Prosecutors For More Emails In Farak Drug-Testing Case
- Washington Post: Mass. crime chemist admits daily drug use in lab, sparking a second scandal
- WBUR: Reports: Ex-Mass. Chemist At Amherst Drug Lab High At Work For 8 Years
- MassLive: Defense lawyers want more details on drug use of Sonja Farak, ex-Massachusetts chemist who tampered with samples
- Slate: Crime Lab Scandals Just Keep Getting Worse