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Dookan case

"Nobody is a victor here. Unfortunately the system
has failed and we as members of the Bar have to all work together
and realize that we have to bring integrity back to the
system."
MBA Treasurer Robert W. Harnais,
WBUR, Oct. 29, 2013
A date has been set for a plea hearing
for Annie Dookhan, a former state chemist who worked in the William
Hinton State Drug Laboratory and allegedly falsified drug tests,
resulting in the release of more than 300 inmates. Harnais, who has
reviewed cases compromised by Dookhan's testing, spoke to WBUR
about improving state oversight. "There has to be confidence back
in the system that these checks and balances will exist and these
types of failures will not happen again," said Harnais.
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