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On September 28, 2012, Massachusetts state chemist Annie Dookhan was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice and falsification of academic records. Approximately four months later another chemist, Sonja Farak, was arrested for using the drugs she was supposed to be testing and the Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal was born. Hosts Jamie Folk and Ilyas Rona will be exploring the William H Hinton, UMass Amherst and State Police crime labs associated with this scandal and speak with the lawyers whose clients rights were violated as a result of the fraud committed by the chemists in these labs. Through their investigation of this case, Folk and Rona have found that the crimes of Dookhan and…
At the Hinton lab, testing changes went on a bulletin board; your trust in evidence may wobble.
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A tense return to a Massachusetts drug lab trial where lab failures collide with questions about justice.
This PlayNext review follows a Massachusetts drug lab trial as a case about routine lab breakdowns becoming courtroom problems. The episode returns to Charles Salemi, what he understood about Annie Dukin's relationships with Norfolk County DAs, and why those relationships matter…
Jamie follows the lab controls, disputed testimony, and court fight behind a Massachusetts drug-testing scandal.
This single-episode review tracks Jamie's account of the Massachusetts drug lab scandal, with CPCS still examining the Annie Dukin material while pressing to dismiss hundreds of thousands of cases and the state fighting back.
A clear procedural update that makes subpoenas, motions to quash, and the looming hearing feel concrete.
The Hinton Drug Lab update lands at a clear procedural turn, with defendants in Middlesex County Superior Court and Suffolk County Superior Court consolidating their cases ahead of an evidentiary hearing expected to run two to three weeks starting in mid-March.
A live arrest-record review that turns toward fragile medical examiner evidence handling.
Justin Volk's arrest in Utah gives this live broadcast a clear starting point, but the episode is more interested in what may happen to evidence inside a medical examiner's office.
A focused forensic-lab review of how alleged misconduct can expose deeper oversight failures.
The Justin Volk case unfolds through his arrest, the San Francisco lab audit, prior misconduct attributed to him as a chemist, and the fallout that followed.
Defense-side scrutiny of criminal justice narratives.
South Australia's courts, one procedure at a time.
ABC Audio's Theranos fraud series that also introduces its other true-crime podcasts.
Host discusses the ongoing Massachusetts Drug Lab scandal, focusing on efforts to dismiss hundreds of thousands of cases due to fraudulent lab practices.
RIGGEDLabs Podcast's March 2026 evidentiary-hearings episode centers on Charles Salemi, Annie Dukin, and the Hinton Lab in Massachusetts.
RIGGEDLabs Podcast's "March 2026 Evidentiary Hearings - RIGGEDLabs Reports S3E70.0.2752" follows CPCS's push to dismiss Massachusetts drug cases tied to Annie Dukin, Sonia Farak, and the Hinton lab.
The RIGGEDLabs host recounts testimony from Michael Wolff, a former OIG employee, about chemist-output emails and Hinton lab practices.
The host thanks listeners and rallies support to overturn wrongful convictions from the Massachusetts drug lab scandal.
["RIGGEDLabs Podcast revisits the Hinton Drug Laboratory scandal as a March 16, 2026 evidentiary hearing approaches in Middlesex Superior Court.", "Chris, Jamie, and Ilyas focus on Julianne Nassif, Linda Hahn, and Charles Salemi, three Hinton Lab officials whose motions to quash argue that answering questions could still expose them to prosecution.", "The episode turns on Massachusetts' six-year default limitations period, the federal five-year period, and the claim that tolling or an ongoing conspiracy could keep criminal exposure alive.", "The hosts contrast those filings with OIG emails, prior testimony in the Jones matter, and the question of whether the Hinton Lab record supports a new trial."]
["RIGGEDLabs Podcast uses Justin Volk\u2019s August 31, 2020 Utah traffic stop to examine evidence handling at San Francisco\u2019s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.", "Deputy Robert Keith clocked Volk at 66 mph in a 50 mph zone at 2:30 AM, and Volk said he was trying to get back to work from Ivins, Utah to San Francisco.", "Officers found a yellow urine bottle, then an evidence bag in Volk\u2019s car that later field-tested positive for methamphetamine at 1.765 ounces, or more than 50 grams.", "The episode follows Ken Bukowski, Chris McFerrin, and security footage from the OCME evidence room to show how death-scene drugs, access, and weak oversight converged around Volk."]
RIGGEDLabs Podcast's Season 3, Episode 2 examines Justin Volk, a San Francisco medical examiner toxicologist arrested in Utah on August 31, 2020 with suspected meth, pipes, pills, and a marked evidence bag.
Hosts interview journalist Rick Holmes about the Uri Stamps case, part of the Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal involving chemist misconduct.
Interview with Dwayne Cook, a victim of the Massachusetts Drug Lab scandal, discussing his wrongful conviction and motion to dismiss.
Exclusive interview with former Hinton chemist Annie Dookhan discussing her time at the lab and her interactions with Sonja Farak.
The episode features an interview with Annie Dookhan, the former chemist at the center of the Massachusetts Drug Lab scandal, shortly after her release from prison.
Hosts analyze the final interview with former lab supervisor Jim Hanchett and an exclusive interview with chemist Annie Dookhan regarding the Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal.