Mass. top court rules in tainted drug evidence case

Mass. top court rules in tainted drug evidence case

By Philip Marcelo Associated Press BOSTON — Thousands of defendants convicted of drug crimes after a chemist in a state lab tampered with evidence can't be charged with more serious crimes or given harsher sentences if granted a new trial, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Monday. But the Supreme Judicial Court stopped short of ordering the affected convictions vacated, which had been …
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Mass. top court rules in tainted drug evidence case