Annie Dookhan was the highest producing chemist at the William A. Hinton State Drug Laboratory before being arrested in connection with one of the largest crime lab scandals in US history. Join Tab and Carly in their debut episode as they take a deep dive into this historically bad story.

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Case Sources:

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/timeline-of-events-in-disgraced-mass-chemist-case

https://sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/why-did-annie-dookhan-lie/

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/01/metro/nearly-decade-after-annie-dookhan-state-drug-lab-scandal-fallout-is-growing/

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/annie-dookhan-chemist-at-mass-crime-lab-arrested-for-allegedly-mishandling-over-60000-samples/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/22/annie-dookhan-former-state-chemist-who-mishandled-drug-evidence-agrees-plead-guilty/7UU3hfZUof4DFJGoNUfXGO/story.html

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https://www.wbur.org/news/2012/09/28/chemist-dookhan-charges

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/06/01/metro/state-agrees-repay-thousands-defendants-who-were-convicted-based-evidence-analyzed-by-disgraced-chemists/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/04/12/annie-dookhan-key-figure-state-lab-scandal-released-from-prison/lp7q98UmWKucv4F7O3R4DI/story.html

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https://www.baystatebanner.com/2023/01/11/payouts-slow-to-come-in-drug-lab-settlement/

https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/02/22/massachusetts-dookhan-hinton-drug-lab-cunha

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/massachusetts-high-court-disbars-top-prosecutor-drug-lab-scandal-2023-08-31/

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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/02/13/metro/annie-dookhan-took-blame-state-drug-lab-scandal-she-wasnt-sole-bad-actor-new-documents-show/

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