In a live chat on Patch Thursday, Gov. Deval Patrick said he approves of the extraordinary step of allowing release to defense attorneys of State Police interviews with alleged "rogue chemist" Annie Dookhan.
Gov. Deval Patrick took part in a live chat on Patch Thursday. In it, he spoke about the scandal engulfing the State Drug Lab in Jamaica Plain. That's where so-called "rogue chemist" Annie Dookhan is alleged to have tainted the evidence in as many as 34,000 cases. Thousands of drug dealers behind bars could go free (and some have already been released.) Asked by Patch for a progress report on the mammoth task of dealing with the fallout, here's what the governor typed: The criminal investigation is ongoing. Yesterday, in a very unusual move, prosecutors gave defense attorneys all the notes of State Police interviews of witnesses to date, including the notes of the interview of Annie Dookhan, the chemist at the center of this. Given the …
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7:29 am on Saturday, September 29, 2012
When governor Patrick was United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, he would not hold a government official responsible for shooting a 13 year old boy in the back (killing him) denying the child his civil rights. Why would the Governor handle this massive drug-lab-fiasco “systemic failure” any different. Why did Governor Patrick not complain when the tax exempt North Eastern … more ›