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For more than a decade, the Massachusetts State Police crime lab hid information from judges, prosecutors, and criminal defendants. This is nothing unusual for this state and its crime labs. The words "Massachusetts," "crime lab," and "scandal" have gone hand-in-hand for years. [Heads up, I will be using "state" to refer to the Massachusetts government…

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8 posts published by Tim Cushing, Dark Helmet, Mike Masnick, Gretchen Heckmann, and Karl Bode on May 15, 2023

The Supreme Judicial Court’s recent acknowledgement of systemic misconduct at the Office of Alcohol Testing has given the defense bar and district attorneys the framework finally to close the book on thousands of drunken-driving convictions tainted by unreliable breath tests. In its April 26 decision in Commonwealth v. Hallinan, the SJC held that the “extensive”

The ruling means those convicted based on a Breathalyzer may have an easier time appealing to have their cases reopened and possibly dismissed.

It appears the case against thousands of Breathalyzer tests used to determine guilt for an equal number of those charged with drunken driving has finally been resolved.

The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts has ruled that roughly 27,000 people who were convicted or pled...

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled that police didn't calibrate their testing breathalyzer equipment properly

A State Police office failed to properly calibrate the tests used to convict people of drunk driving, and then withheld worksheets showing failed tests from the courts.