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'Rigged' podcast puts state police crime lab scandal under spotlight Jamie Folk had volunteered at the maximum-security prison in Walpole, MCI-Cedar Junction, for two years, getting to know the stories behind the men imprisoned there, their lives and who they were. In 2012, when the Massachusetts drug lab scandal broke and it was discovered drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan had lied about testing drug samples, putting more than 20,000 legal cases in jeopardy, Folk said it hit him emotionally. “It really spoke to me,” said Folk, 44, of Boxborough. “I knew a lot of people who were affected...

Man gets 10 years in `atrocious' child rape in Shrewsbury Telegram & Gazette  A former Worcester man was sentenced to 10 years in state prison Tuesday on multiple charges of child rape stemming from actions a prosecutor deemed “atrocious.”  Christopher M. Coll, 39, received the sentence in Worcester Superior Court after pleading guilty to several charges related to allegations that he raped a 15-year-old child multiple times.  The crimes came to light, Assistant District Attorney Courtney L. Sans said, after a police officer in Shrewsbury spotted the man and teen inside a car near a b...

Two Massachusetts prisoners, held in two separate facilities, died from COVID-19 this week, according to the state Department of Correction. One man, in his 40s, had been held at MCI-Shirley, and was hospitalized for more than two weeks before he died Sunday. The other prisoner was in his 70s and had been in custody at MCI-Concord. He died at a local hospital Monday. The deaths come as the virus is spiking throughout the state and correctional facilities. MCI-Concord has the highest number of active cases among prisoners with 159 men listed as testing positive. There are also 79 active case a...

The John Adams Courthouse in Boston, home of the state's Supreme Judicial Court. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is sending a strong message about how courts should consider prisoners' requests for release because of the coronavirus pandemic. In a ruling involving two prisoners, the high court explicitly says the risk of the virus needs to weigh heavily in decisions about releasing those sentenced and appealing their convictions. The SJC approved both prisoners' requests for stays of their sentences. "We transferred the cases here so that we could address a variety o...

Should have testified at some point in the trial. maybe there should have been more so we could have heard his side of the story. >> hernandez once helped lead the new england patriots to a super bowl. now he will begin his sentence in a maximum security prison one hour from the stadium where the patriots play. cnn's jean casarez has more on the 25-year-old's new life behind bars. >> reporter: convicted murderer aaron hernandez may be known for wearing 81 with the new england patriots but now has a new mub with the massachusetts department of correctiones with his first full day of processing ...