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Modern Crime: Another True Story to Reinforce your Faith in the Criminal Justice System

Posted on 4 May 2016 by The Tactical Hermit

It is absolutely astounding to me that random drug test are not administered to people  (Like State Chemist) who handle MASSIVE amounts of drugs every day! How many innocent people are now sitting in a cell because of this dope fiend? What has happened to common sense?? -SF

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State chemist was high on the job for years, report says

A state chemist at an Amherst drug lab got high on methamphetamines or other drugs almost every day at work for nearly eight years, consumed the lab’s own supply of drugs, and cooked crack cocaine in the lab after hours — actions that jeopardize an untold number of cases — according to an investigative report released Tuesday.

Investigators for the attorney general’s office found that chemist Sonja Farak had tested drug samples or testified in court between about 2005 and 2013 while under the influence of meth, ketamine, cocaine, LSD, and other drugs, according to the report, much of which is based on Farak’s own grand jury testimony. She even smoked crack before a 2012 interview with State Police officials inspecting the lab for accreditation purposes, she testified.

“We are deeply concerned whenever the integrity of the justice system is called into question or compromised,” Cyndi Roy Gonzalez, spokeswoman for Attorney General Maura Healey, said in a statement. “The information we gathered during the course of our investigation is disturbing and will no doubt have implications for many cases.”

Although the number of cases potentially affected was not clear Tuesday, defense attorneys and advocates said the damage was not limited to those samples tested by Farak at the now-shuttered lab.

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