Posted on 11/30/2017 2:10:53 PM PST by ex91B10
Massachusetts prosecutors said Thursday that they will dismiss more than 6,000 convictions tied to a former chemist who authorities say was high almost every day she worked at a state drug lab for eight years.
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I’m confused. How can they throw out cases because she was high? I have heard (from reliable FR sources no less) that those who use drugs are very productive, creative and are in NO WAY impaired by their use. Not to mention that the government—again, according to reliable FR sources— has NO RIGHT to tell these people what should go in THEIR bodies.
What gives?
Should probably be required of all cops and judges, to include steroids as well.
Why are they so worried about lowly employees way down the food chain, when federal judges, local judges, Congress, cops, the Senate etc, are not randomly tested?
Seems a bit odd.
Blue state efficiency....
Makes you wonder how many innocent guys are in jail due to the "infallible" results of DNA.
I wish I could remember the specifics, and while no drugs were involved, one of those Investigation Discovery episodes had a case where a guy got convicted because the lab techs didn't properly disinfect an autopsy slab. The previous natural death guy's DNA, who the "perp" had handled, got mixed in with the next occupant who had been murdered.
A bit more topic drift, but I had my belief in DNA as proof rattled when on another show, the guy found a body in a car and reported it. When the deputy arrived, they shook hands. At some later point, the deputy placed his hand on the car and transferred microscopic skin cell samples of the citizen, who is now in prison. Some legal outfit who took the guy's case is using that to get him out. (The deputy admitted he touched the car.)
Should I were get called for a murder trial, the State had better come up with something more substantial than "microscopic" DNA evidence.
Throwing out all of these cases and releasing the prisoners will save the state a lot of money.
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