Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast

By Jamie Folk

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Episodes: 45

Description

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 Farak were just the tip of the iceberg and that multiple chemists from three state labs lied on the stand, knowingly sent people to jail for possessing drugs that were not illegal and wanted to help law enforcement send as many people to jail as possible. Jamie Folk is an independent journal who has been investigating this case since Dookhan's arrest was first reported. He has obtained over 70k documents from the state and has interviewed several lawyers, journalists, politicians, law enforcement officials and others connected with the case over the past 7 years. Ilyas Rona is a lawyer who represented a man sent to prison by Dookhan and another Hinton lab chemist for possessing what turned out to be a cashew for two years. He has been investigating the Hinton, Amherst and State Police labs ever since.

Episode Date
Civil Asset Forfeiture AKA Legal Theft
Mar 19, 2023
OIG Criminal Referrals for Multiple Hinton Chemists and Lab Director
Feb 21, 2023
Criminal Charges Recommending for Chemists Lying about Drug Classifications and Rigged Testing
Feb 16, 2023
OIG Finally Admits Dookhan isn't the lone bad actor
Feb 15, 2023
We Swear The Worcester PD Aren't Tyrants
Nov 25, 2022
The Tragedy Of Kevin Burnham
Nov 08, 2022
Middlesex County Court Decision on the Drug Lab
Oct 14, 2022
Framingham Police Madness
Aug 18, 2022
Luke Ryan Returns to Discuss 14 Million Dollar Drug Lab Settlement
Jun 12, 2022
Public Records Requests with Andrew Quemere
Jun 10, 2022
Interview with Rick Holmes on the Murder of Eurie Stamps and Beating of Mark Tinsley by the Framingham Police
Apr 14, 2022
Real Cost of Prisons with Lois Ahrens
Mar 08, 2022
Interview With MassLive and Republican Reporter Stephanie Barry
Feb 16, 2022
Audio of Springfield Detective Greg Bigda Threatening to Murder Teenagers
Feb 03, 2022
The Federal Investigation Into The Springfield Police Department Part 2
Nov 30, 2021
The Federal Investigation Into The Springfield Police Department Part 1
Nov 25, 2021
The Class E Debacle Part 2: Electric Bugaloo
Nov 01, 2021
The Class E Debacle Part 1
Oct 27, 2021
Response To The OIG's Supplemental Report
Sep 16, 2021
The OIG's Supplemental Report Part 2
Jul 27, 2021
The OIG's Supplemental Report Part 1
Jul 17, 2021
Intro To Season 2 of Rigged
Jul 06, 2021
Season 1 Finale Amherst Lab Operations
Mar 26, 2021
Amherst Lab Operations Part 1 Luke Ryan Returns
Mar 16, 2021
Hinton Lab Operations Part 5
Mar 01, 2021
Hinton Lab Operations Part 4
Feb 21, 2021
Hinton Lab Operation Part 3: Jim McKenna Returns
Feb 09, 2021
Hinton Lab Operations Part 2
Jan 27, 2021
WIlliam H Hinton Drug Lab Operations Part 1
Jan 15, 2021
Annie Dookhan's Motive
Jan 02, 2021
Amherst Lab Victim Duane Cook Interview
Dec 27, 2020
Annie Dookhan Bombshell Interview Part 2
Dec 20, 2020
Annie Dookhan Bombshell Interview Part 1
Dec 13, 2020
Jim Hanchett Interview Part 3: The Eye of Braxus
Dec 06, 2020
The Tragedy of Jim Hanchett Part 2
Nov 29, 2020
The Tragedy of Jim Hanchett Part 1
Nov 24, 2020
Examining the Newly Released OIG Internal Investigation Documents
Nov 15, 2020
Former University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemist Sharon Salem Interview Part 2
Oct 26, 2020
Former University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemist Sharon Salem Interview
Oct 18, 2020
Massachusetts Attorney General Interview with Former Amherst Chemist Rebecka Pontes
Sep 14, 2020
Episode 4: Commonwealth V. Sutton
Jul 21, 2020
Episode 3: Commonwealth v Torres
Jun 30, 2020
Commonwealth v. Scott
Jun 23, 2020
Commonwealth v. Melendez-Diaz Case Profile
Jun 13, 2020
Introduction to Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast
Jun 05, 2020