‘We must be held to a higher standard’: Suffolk DA looks to vacate 100-plus more convictions tied to Hinton drug lab scandal, seeks ‘systemic response’ MassLive.com 4/30/2021 Jackson Cote, masslive.com
On the same day Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins convened a summit to look at crafting a “systemic response” to the Hinton drug lab scandal that rocked Massachusetts nearly a decade ago, Boston’s lead prosecutor announced Thursday she’s seeking to vacate another 100-plus convictions tied to the misconduct of two former state chemists.
Rollins’ Integrity Review Bureau on Thursday asked a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice to vacate all remaining “List Three” convictions, cases prosecutors didn’t try to vacate following a historic 2017 ruling from the court.