From April 2017:
Massachusetts Just Dismissed More Than 21,000 Drug Cases Connected To Massive Lab Scandal
It is believed to be the largest single dismissal of wrongful convictions in US history.
The dismissal of more than 21,000 cases is not the end of the state’s drug lab saga. There are 320 cases that will not be dismissed, but defendants will have the option to challenge their convictions individually. The work of another former lab chemist, Sonya Farak, is also being challenged. In that case, the ACLU is seeking the dismissal of an additional 18,000 cases.
“In that case, similarly, we’re calling for the same remedy. The prosecutors have so far not agreed,” Rose told BuzzFeed News on Thursday. “We’re calling for a dismissal of those cases rather than waste the scarce public resources.”
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article...000-drug-cases
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