Almost a decade after Annie Dookhan and the state drug lab scandal, the fallout is growing Wronged defendants to receive millions while former prosecutors face discipline By Andrea Estes Globe Staff,Updated January 1, 2021, 4:41 p.m. Email to a Friend Annie Dookhan, a former chemist at the Hinton State Laboratory Institute, listened to the judge during her arraignment at Brockton Superior Court in Brockton on Jan. 30, 2013.Reuters Three former state prosecutors are facing possible disbarment. Thousands of men and women convicted of drug crimes continue to see their convictions overturned. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is on the hook for an estimated $10 million to wrongfully convicted defendants.