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15 Years Later, Conviction Vacated Due To Evidence Tampering
Convictions are still being up-ended nearly 15 years after a Massachusetts drug lab chemist was found to be falsifying results. Earlier this September, a superior court judge ordered a new trial for a man convicted of heroin possession in 2006. The judge said this is necessary because Massachusetts did not fully investigate problems at one of its law enforcement labs. Thousands of cases have already been dismissed or reopened due to the Boston crime lab scandal. From 2003-2005, lab technician Sonja Farak doctored test results to hide her own habit of ingesting drugs that were sent to her fo…