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Kennah

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50. From a purely financial perspective ...

Sun Sep 30, 2012, 02:36 AM

Sep 2012

... it would be cheaper for Massachusetts to decriminalize marijuana, not retry the cases botched by this, and offer settlements to those wrongfully jailed.

Likelihood of that, I'm guessing, is less than 20 percent.

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Mass. Chemist Faked Drug Tests, Thousands Wrongly Convicted. [View all] caseymoz Sep 2012 OP

I'm surprised they didn't have someone Confusious Sep 2012 #1

She was finishing 550 tests a month . . . caseymoz Sep 2012 #3

is it only *one* person who does drug tests for an entire state? HiPointDem Sep 2012 #6

Oh, F yea, a lot of turds to clean up Confusious Sep 2012 #9

I don't know about drug tests... harmonicon Sep 2012 #12

On one hand, you have a point Confusious Sep 2012 #14

Oh, these things could have landed a lot of people in prison... harmonicon Sep 2012 #15

Eleven hundred people, specifically...and they have an axe to grind. MADem Sep 2012 #28

I worked in an environmental testing lab glowing Sep 2012 #18

Retesting a random sampling at a different facility would be smart QC. Gormy Cuss Sep 2012 #38

what a colossal mess grasswire Sep 2012 #2

Are jails are filled with non violent B Calm Sep 2012 #4

It's a step worse if they're filled with non-offenders. caseymoz Sep 2012 #29

Like with other wars The Wizard Sep 2012 #5

Smedley would be rolling over in his grave at the privatization of the prison system to silvershadow Sep 2012 #7

You are right to question info. coming from our legal system... There is a huge divide between law midnight Sep 2012 #8

They have to release all of them Scairp Sep 2012 #10

It's Massachusetts. Stuff like this happens all the time. Mopar151 Sep 2012 #16

That kind of thing is hardly unique to Massachusetts. nt. Mariana Sep 2012 #20

Sadly, you are right. Does'nt make it good. nt Mopar151 Sep 2012 #22

Not even that. Just no one bothering to fully check a resume. TheMadMonk Sep 2012 #21

A lot of the real diplomas are meaningless. n./t Mopar151 Sep 2012 #23

Article doesn't say what was on her resume, caseymoz Sep 2012 #31

omg n/t orleans Sep 2012 #11

check out this one in Good Reads RainDog Sep 2012 #13

Yay, Drug War! Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #17

Well, fortunately our state voters decriminalized weed possession up to 2 ounces a couple years back bluestate10 Sep 2012 #26

Up to 1oz... not 2oz -..__... Sep 2012 #42

Bet she has links to the private prison scumbags n/t malaise Sep 2012 #19

More fun from the War on Drugs ck4829 Sep 2012 #24

The Massachusetts Crime Lab system is one of the state functions that bluestate10 Sep 2012 #25

That's what I've put together. caseymoz Sep 2012 #36

+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #44

Well, it's win-win. Scootaloo Sep 2012 #52

Who was paying her to do this? n/t porphyrian Sep 2012 #27

Anyone who can look at these facts and still support criminalized marijuana is Bluenorthwest Sep 2012 #30

I wonder if this affects a person's voting rights.... hmmmm. n/t 2on2u Sep 2012 #32

Oh gee, a convicted felon? Voting rights? But I bet gun rights go unaffected. lonestarnot Sep 2012 #33

Right on target..... so to speak!! n/t 2on2u Sep 2012 #37

You must be joking... right? -..__... Sep 2012 #43

Oooooo, the evil, evil New England. 2ndAmForComputers Sep 2012 #49

Romney appointee? Turbineguy Sep 2012 #34

Is any governor personally tasked with appointing individual lab chemists? hughee99 Sep 2012 #39

No but people Romney appointed hired her. Turbineguy Sep 2012 #47

She was hired by someone who worked for someone, hughee99 Sep 2012 #48

I see a VERY large class action suit .. 99Forever Sep 2012 #35

Thousands of lives damaged, thousands of dreams destroyed jsr Sep 2012 #40

All necessary losses to fight the war on drugs! ck4829 Sep 2012 #41

This happens quite a bit obamanut2012 Sep 2012 #45

Not checking credentials seems to be not that uncommon. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #46

From a purely financial perspective ... Kennah Sep 2012 #50

It already is decriminalized here. n/t Cobalt Violet Sep 2012 #51

LIFE and a day minimum. obxhead Sep 2012 #53