Capital Fun seeks to consider issues in economics, family life, theology, and other areas.
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The goal is to catechize children using the Nicene Creed so that they will worship God rightly with the mind of the Church.
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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 la ...
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Welcome to Hawks Talk, the official Podcast from the Blackburn Hawks. Each month we will be bringing you the all the latest Hawks news, player & management interviews and other information from around the league. If you would like to get in touch or submit a question send us an e-mail hawkstalk@blackburnhawks.com
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Hawks Talk Episode 17 (Fans Special with Hinton Chetwood & Fyke Whitehead)
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Welcome to the 17th episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Hinton Chetwood - Blackburn Hawks Fan ► Fyske - Blackburn Hawks Fan Something a little bit different on this episode of Hawks Talk, recorded a few weeks ago we were joined by two Hawks fans Hinton and Fyske. We discuss the season as whole, the re…
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Episode 16 (with Ollie Lomax, Bobby Streetly & Matt Cross)
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Welcome to the 16th episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Ollie Lomax - Blackburn Hawks Assistant Coach ► Bobby Streetly - Blackburn Hawks Defence man ► Matt Cross - Blackburn Hawks Defence man On this action packed episode we talk with a big part of the Hawks defensive core, assistant and defensive coa…
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Welcome to the 15th episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guest: ► Calum Ruddick - Blackburn Hawks Defence man On this episode we talk with Calum to discuss his jounery into hockey, his playing career, the mental health side of the game and this season as a whole. Moralee Conference Table: https://nihlstats.wordp…
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Episode 14 (with Dominic Osman & Aiden Wignall)
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Welcome to the 14th episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Dominic Osman - Blackburn Hawks Head Coach ► Aiden Wignall - Blackburn Hawks Announcer On this episode we talk with Dom and discuss the recent cup final games, the his opinions on how the season has gone so far for the hawks and the hawks player …
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Episode 13 (with Jacob Lutwyche & Aiden Wignall)
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Welcome to the 13th episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Jacob Lutwyche - Blackburn Hawks Forward ► Aidan Wignall - Blackburn Hawks Announcer On this episode we talk with Jacob and Aiden. We discuss the recent games, their opinions on how the season has gone so far for the hawks and the upcoming playof…
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Civil Asset Forfeiture AKA Legal Theft
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Ilyas and Jamie take a break from the drug lab to do a deep dive into what drives the state to fight their war on drug addicted people. Civil Assist Forfeiture is just a new rendition of the ancient practice of state run overlords using force backed by unfair laws to harass and steal from poor people. Ilyas traces the practice back to the Magna Car…
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Episode 12 (with Devids Jurinenoks & Marcus Thacker)
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Welcome to the 12th episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Devids Jurinenoks - Blackburn Hawks Forward ► Marcus Thacker - Blackburn Hawks Forward On this episode we talk with Devids and Marcus. We discuss how they got into playing hockey, their opinions on how the season has gone so far for the hawks, th…
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OIG Criminal Referrals for Multiple Hinton Chemists and Lab Director
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The Massachusetts Inspector General made criminal referrals for multiple Hinton Lab Chemists, Supervisors and the Lab Director. They did this while never publicly admitting it. They also knowingly lied to the public when they said in their 2014 report on the Hinton Lab that Annie Dookhan was the lone bad actor at the Hinton Lab.. Jamie, Ilays and C…
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Criminal Charges Recommending for Chemists Lying about Drug Classifications and Rigged Testing
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So the Massachusetts Inspector General's Office told all the DAs in the state that they were recommending criminal charges against multiple chemists in the Hinton Lab not just Annie Dookhan. They made these recommendations way back in 2014 and 2015 and the DAs did nothing. The Inspector General then knowingly lied to the public and when they told t…
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OIG Finally Admits Dookhan isn't the lone bad actor
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We have been saying it for years but now, thanks to the release of new documents from the OIG, we know that the OIG wanted to charge multiple employees of the drug lab not named Annie Dookhan with criminal misconduct. We discuss these new developments and where the case, and the podcast, are going. Amazing that there is still new news on this case …
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Episode 11 (with Dominic Osman & Ollie Lomax)
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Welcome to the 11th episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Dominic Osman - Blackburn Hawks Head Coach ► Ollie Lomax - Blackburn Hawks Assistant Coach & Former D-man On this episode we talk with two thirds of the Hawks coaching staff. We discuss how they feel the season has gone so far for the hawks, the …
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We Swear The Worcester PD Aren't Tyrants
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As a police officer, how do you prove to a pastor who calls you a tyrant that you are, indeed, not a tyrant? If your name is Worcester Police Officer Michael Cappabianca Jr. it's simple. You taser the living shit out the priest inside his church and then throw a pregnant woman to the ground. You then arrest the pastor and his son and make up severa…
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Jamie, Chris and Ilyas discuss the inditement of former Massachusetts Police Union head Dana Pullman and the tragic tale of former Springfield PD Evidence Officer Kevin Burnham. These two cases show just how corrupt the justice system in Massachusetts truly is and how absolute power corrupts absolutely.…
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Episode 10 (with Ollie Lomax & Steve Hirst)
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Welcome to the tenth episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Ollie Lomax - Blackburn Hawks Assistant Coach & Former D-man ► Steve Hirst - Blackburn Hawks Assistant Coach On this episode we talk with two thirds of the Hawks coaching staff. We discuss how they got into the game, recent games and how they th…
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Middlesex County Court Decision on the Drug Lab
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In another example of the system walking slowly toward doing the right thing in the drug lab case, a judge in Middlesex County is looking into if Annie Dookhan was, in fact, the lone bad actor. Everyone who is reading this knows that and has known it since this Podcast came out back in 2020 but it is good that the wheels of justice are finally turn…
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Episode 09 (with Luke Watson & Dylan Harcourt)
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Welcome to the ninth episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guest: ► Luke Watson - Blackburn Hawks Forward ► Dylan Harcourt - Blackburn Hawks Forward On this episode we talk to two of the new editions to the Hawks roster for this season. We ask them their thoughts on how the opening month of the season has gone, w…
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Welcome to the eighth episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guest: ► Dominic Osman - Blackburn Hawks Head Coach On this episode we chat to Head Coach of the Blackburn Hawks. We speak to Dom about his recent appointment, building the roster and the upcoming season. We also talk about his Playing career in the USA …
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Closing out our review of the Madness within the Framingham PD, Ilyas and Jamie discuss the many alleged crimes committed by members of the department only this time it isn't the people that they arrest making the accusations but the officers of the department itself. Many officers sued each other and accusing each other of lying under oath and oth…
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Luke Ryan Returns to Discuss 14 Million Dollar Drug Lab Settlement
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Luke is back to discuss the recent news that he has reached an agreement with the state of Massachusetts for 14 million dollars to cover costs associated with the wrongful conviction of 31 thousand drug lab victims. We discuss the settlement and how it came about and the potential of future settlements with the state.…
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Public Records Requests with Andrew Quemere
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Andrew Quemere from The Mass Dump comes on and reviews the state of public records and transparency laws in Massachusetts. Andrew has been submitting public records for 11 years and has seen first hand law enforcement officials knowingly violate the public records law. We get into that plus other drug lab related topics on this episode of Rigged.…
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Interview with Rick Holmes on the Murder of Eurie Stamps and Beating of Mark Tinsley by the Framingham Police
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Before Briana Taylor and George Floyd there was Eurie Stamps. Eurie was a devoted father and grandfather who was laying on his couch on January 5th 2011 12:30 AM watching a Celtics game when the Framingham Police threw a flash bang into his home, smashed in his door and ordered him to the ground. Eurie did as he was ordered and yet he was still sho…
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Episode 07 (with Sam Warnock & Ronnie Grimes)
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Welcome to the seventh episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Sam Warnock - Blackburn Hawks Defenceman ► Ronnie - Blackburn Hawks Forward On this episode we chat to two of the younger members of the Hawks team, Sam Warnock & Ronnie Grimes. With these coming into the final stages we discuss how the season…
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Real Cost of Prisons with Lois Ahrens
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Chris was unavailable for this episode so it was just Jamie and Ilyas talking about the Real Cost of Prisons with activist Lois Ahrens. We discuss what are the drivers behind mass incarceration in Massachusetts and what people who want to advocate for change can do to force their elected officials to take action. This is a great conversation for th…
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Interview With MassLive and Republican Reporter Stephanie Barry
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Chris, Ilyas and Jamie interview MassLive and Republican reporter Stephanie Barry about her reporting on the Greg Bigda case and the Springfield PD in general. Stephanie has been reporting on Springfield PD corruption for years and her insights and thoughts on these cases. This is a great, thought provoking episode on how corrupt our criminal justi…
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Audio of Springfield Detective Greg Bigda Threatening to Murder Teenagers
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To say that this episode is disturbing is a major understatement. Jamie, Ilyas and Chris review the video of Springfield Detective Greg Bigda who was indicted in 2018 by a federal grand jury for excessive force in connection with allegedly punching and kicking young car theft suspects during an arrest in 2016, two counts of “abusive interrogation” …
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Episode 06 (with Graham Lomax, Lee Pollitt & Jacob Lutwyche)
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Welcome to the sixth episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Graham Lomax - Blackburn Hawks Co-Owner ► Lee Pollitt - Blackburn Hawks Alternate Captain & Forward ► Jacob Lutwyche - Blackburn Hawks & Manchester Storm Forward On this episode we first of all chat to Co-Owner Graham about how he feels the seas…
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Episode 05 (with Aaron Davies, Ollie Lomax & Tom Revesz)
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Welcome to the fifth episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Aaron Davies - Blackburn Hawks Forward & All Time Points Scorer ► Ollie Lomax - Blackburn Hawks Interim Head Coach ► Tom Revesz - Blackburn Hawks Forward On this episode we celebrate Aaron becoming the new Blackburn Hawks All Time Points Scorer,…
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The Federal Investigation Into The Springfield Police Department Part 2
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The second half of our review of the federal investigation of the Springfield Police Department. *Spoiler Alert* The Springfield PD REALLY likes punching people in the face.By Jamie Folk
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The Federal Investigation Into The Springfield Police Department Part 1
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Luke Ryan returns to discuss the Department of Justice's 2018 investigation into the Springfield Police Department. This investigation uncovered the illegal, immoral and often criminal abuses of power undertook by the SPD's Narcotics department. The shocking details of the criminal activity of this department need to be heard to be believed. All th…
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Episode 04 (with Jared Dickinson, MJ Clancy & Mike Rogers)
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Welcome to the fourth episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Jared Dickinson - Blackburn Hawks Alternate Captain & Forward ► MJ Clancy - Blackburn Hawks Forward ► Mike Rogers - Blackburn Hawks Netminder On this episode we talk to the lads about the games throughout October, how they think the season is g…
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The Class E Debacle Part 2: Electric Bugaloo
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The conclusion of our look into the state's intentional misclassification of Class E drugs.By Jamie Folk
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Chris, Ilyas and Jamie discuss the biggest story no one has ever talked about with this case, chemists from Hinton, Amherst and the State Police Labs intentionally falsely classifying drugs to send people who they know to be innocent to jail. While we have touched upon this subject in previous episodes, we haven't gone over exactly what happened un…
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Episode 03 (with Mike Clancy, James Parsons & Gary Dixon)
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Welcome to the second episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Mike Clancy - Head Coach of Blackburn Hawks & Head Coach of GB Women's Team ► James Parsons - Blackburn Hawks Forward ► Gary Dixon - Blackburn Hawks Forward In this episode we talk to Head Coach Mike Clancy, Hawks forwards James Parsons and Gar…
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Response To The OIG's Supplemental Report
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Jamie, Ilyas and Chris review lawyer Nathan Tamulis' Feburary 2016 response to the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General Supplemental Report. The sheer amount of contradictions, half truths and outright falsehoods that exist in this report is depressingly unsurprising.By Jamie Folk
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The OIG's Supplemental Report Part 2
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Ilyas, Chris and Jamie go through the rest of the OIG's Supplemental report. They discuss the inconsistencies in the report and begin looking into the Class E drug classification disaster that was briefly touched upon in the report. Much of the testing malfeasance covered in this episode was done by chemists not named Annie Dookhan yet the OIG stil…
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The OIG's Supplemental Report Part 1
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Jamie, Ilyas and Chris begin season 2 of Rigged by covering the latest news on the former Attorney General employees who hid the extent of Sonja Farak's drug use from defense attorneys. They then discuss the 2016 Inspector General supplemental report which got little to no media attention. This report documented the OIG's retesting of samples that …
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Season two of Rigged is kicked off with Ilyas, Jamie and Chris giving a preview of what is in store for the new season. We will touch on the new developments with the Drug Lab cases and also explore some other law enforcement driven scandals that have been making headlines in MA. These other scandals will include the multiple arrests of evidence ro…
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Episode 02 (with Ryan Finnerty, Lee Pollitt & Graham Lomax)
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Welcome to the second episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. This Episodes Guests: ► Ryan Finnerty - Head Coach of Manchester Storm & Director of Coaching at Blackburn Hawks ► Lee Pollitt - Player Coach ► Graham Lomax - Co Owner of The Blackburn Hawks In this episode we discuss recent NIHL return to play North Cup, which featur…
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Season 1 Finale Amherst Lab Operations
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As it turns out, Annie Dookhan wasn't the only chemist who was friendly with the DAs. In the season 1 finale of Rigged, the boys explore Sonja Farak's emails with the DAs for Western Massachusetts. While listening to this episode, please keep in mind that Farak admitted to being high on cocaine, crack, meth, pot and LSD while testifying to lock peo…
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Amherst Lab Operations Part 1 Luke Ryan Returns
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In the penultimate episode of season 1 of Rigged, Luke Ryan returns to discuss the Amherst Lab Operations. Chris, Jamie, Ilyas and Luke look at the media bias that led to keeping the Amherst Lab open and misinforming the public on just how bad the Amherst Lab was. Truly scary considering the implications keeping these labs open had on many people's…
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After reviewing thousands of documents regarding the investigations Massachusetts did into the state drug labs, perhaps the most disturbing finding is that exactly one person expressed regret that hundreds of thousands of people were denied their right to a fair trial. That one person was Annie Dookhan, the one most responsible for sending innocent…
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Welcome to the first episode of the Official Blackburn Hawks Podcast Hawks Talk. Each month we will be bringing you the all the latest Hawks news, player & management interviews and other information from around the league. If you would like to get in touch or submit a question send us an e-mail hawkstalk@blackburnhawks.com ► This Episodes Guest: C…
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We call this part 3 of the Hinton Lab operations review but it is really part 4. We review Betsy O'Brien's interview with the State Police as well as other chemists. We also dive into an investigation done by the lab after the June Breach that has never been mentioned anywhere. There are many laughs to be had in this episode as the incompetence of …
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Hinton Lab Operation Part 3: Jim McKenna Returns
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Every show we like to introduce something new about this case and this show is no exception. Jim McKenna joins Ilyas, Jamie and Chris to review the interviews the Hinton Lab chemists gave to the state police and OIG. We discover that the Hinton Lab actually investigated how certain chemists method of testing samples actually contaminated within an …
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The Hinton Lab Operations and The June Breach that exposed Dookhan's maleficence are explored in this episode. The June Breach was when Annie took samples out of the evidence offices without getting them assigned to her by the evidence officer. She had asked the evidence office for the samples to be assigned to her but they refused so she just took…
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WIlliam H Hinton Drug Lab Operations Part 1
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As anyone who has made it this far into our podcast knows, Annie Dookhan was not the lone bad actor at the Hinton Lab. Many chemists at this lab gave false testimony on the stand, used bogus testing methods, lied to investigators and all of them hated the criminal defendants whose evidence they were charged with testing. In part one of our look at …
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In 2014, the Massachusetts Inspector General released its report on the William H Hinton Drug Lab from 2002 - 2012. The OIG famously concluded that "Annie Dookhan was the lone bad actor at the Hinton Lab." While this conclusion has been completely debunked by the documentation that has been release in the years since, what has been overlooked is wh…
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Duane Cook spent six years of his life behind bars while the state knew his evidence was tampered with by Farak and refused to give him his freedom. This powerful episode clearly demonstrates the lengths the state of Massachusetts went to keep people locked up regardless of their actual guilt or innocence.…
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The second part of the March 2016 interview the Massachusetts Attorney General's office conducted with freshly released Annie Dookhan. Ilyas, Chris and Jamie speculate that Dookhan agreed to the interview as part of her plea agreement which saw her serve under two and a half years on a three to five year sentence. Dookhan makes a false assertion th…
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About a month after Annie Dookhan was released from jail, the Massachusetts Attorney General's office brought her in to interview her about lab operations. During the course of the interview, Dookhan falsely represented that she did not manufacture drug standards. Chris, Jamie and Ilyas found clearly evidence of the contrary. If Dookhan was poor an…
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