BOSTON — The highest court in Massachusetts has rejected a proposal for the mass dismissal of more than 24,000 drug convictions because of misconduct by a former state drug lab chemist.The Supreme Judicial Court did, however, order prosecutors to throw out cases clearly tainted by the scandal.Since 2012, courts have been struggling to deal with the fallout from the misconduct of Annie Dookhan, a former chemist who tampered with evidence and falsified drug tests in [...]
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