[ex91B10]

2nd one within a year in MA.

[Cicero]

6000 convictions dismissed. How much did that cost the state?

[ColdOne]

Guess they never drug tested her and it seems she was the one doing the drug tests. Good grief.

[Fightin Whitey]

So long as she wasn’t drunk.

[ColdOne]

Sonja Farak....where did she go to school? Which country?

[AndyTheBear]

....who authorities say was high almost every day she worked at a state drug lab for eight years

I don't care what floor of the building she worked on, what difference does it make?

[Boiler Plate]

Hmmm I wonder if she can use the “If you can’t beat them, join them” Defense?

[LittleSpotBlog]

I seriously cannot believe that is a woman.

[LouieFisk]

Talk about putting the fox in charge of the henhouse!

[dragnet2]

Reminds me of a past event. I went to a drug testing facility as part of a client open house, as they were attempting to get the companies I was working with, to start drug testing.

I ask the question:

"Are those who preform the testing, randomly drug tested?" I got an abrupt "no". And they were clearly put off by that question, implying it was absurd and that they were somehow above being tested and explained it was unnecessary.

I then commented I thought it was odd they were not tested, because putting someone in charged of testing, where the results can ruin or destroy someone's life/career would seem to be a position that would mandate random drug testing.

I was not well liked the rest of the meeting.☺

[Uncle Miltie]

Quite guilty ...

[avenir]

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?

[rrrod]

Blue state efficiency....

[Oatka]

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.

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.