High Mass. Lab Chemist Causes Over 24,000 Drug Charges to Be Dismissed
Former Massachusetts crime lab chemist Sonja Farak has caused thousands of drug convictions to be overturned due to drug use and tampering with evidence.
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High Mass. Lab Chemist Causes Over 24,000 Drug Charges to Be Dismissed
Former Massachusetts crime lab chemist Sonja Farak has caused thousands of drug convictions to be overturned due to drug use and tampering with evidence.
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