In the annals of wrongful convictions, there
is nothing that comes close in size to the epic drug-lab scandal that is
entering its dramatic final act in Massachusetts.
About 23,000 people convicted of low-level
drug crimes are expected to have their cases wiped away next month en
masse, the result of a five-year court fight over the work of a rogue
chemist.
"It's absolutely stunning. I have never seen
anything like it," said Suzanne Bell, a professor at West Virginia
University who serves on the National Commission of Forensic Science.
"It's unbelievable to me that it could have even happened. And then when
you look at the scope of the number of cases that may be dismissed or
vacated, there are no words for it."
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