RIGGEDLabs Podcast

RIGGEDLabs Podcast

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. Season 3 begins the exploration of cases outside of Massachusetts in the hope of shining a light on other drug lab scandals throughout the country.

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Episoder(80)

Former University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemist Sharon Salem Interview Part 2

Former University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemist Sharon Salem Interview Part 2

Part 2 of the epic interview the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office had with former Amherst Chemist Sharon Salem in November of 2015. This interview was part of the AG's investigation into the p...

26 Okt 202054min

Former University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemist Sharon Salem Interview

Former University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemist Sharon Salem Interview

Episode 6 of the Rigged Podcast has Jamie, Ilyas and Chris Post again listening to previously unknown interview with UMass Amherst chemist Sharon Salem. According to official FOIA responses from the ...

18 Okt 20201h 43min

Massachusetts Attorney General Interview with Former Amherst Chemist  Rebecka Pontes

Massachusetts Attorney General Interview with Former Amherst Chemist Rebecka Pontes

Exclusive audio from an interview the AG's office did with Amherst Chemist Rebecka Pontes.

14 Sep 20201h 31min

Episode 4:  Commonwealth V. Sutton

Episode 4: Commonwealth V. Sutton

In a landmark decision in the ongoing Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal, Attorney Jim McKenna obtained a internal Inspector General email that undermined the Inspector General's assertion that Annie Dook...

21 Jul 20201h 35min

Episode 3:  Commonwealth v Torres

Episode 3: Commonwealth v Torres

We explore guest Chris Post's time working at the public defenders office (CPCS) in Massachusetts. Specifically we discuss Sonja Farak's time at the Hinton Lab where she is suspected of stealing drug...

29 Jun 20201h 28min

Commonwealth v. Scott

Commonwealth v. Scott

Lawyer Dana Curhan joins the Rigged Podcast to discuss the case that opened the door for all future dismissals of cases based on Annie Dookhan's testing. This also set the precedent of the state ly...

23 Jun 20201h 26min

Commonwealth v. Melendez-Diaz Case Profile

Commonwealth v. Melendez-Diaz Case Profile

The events of the Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal can be traced back to the outcome of the landmark Melendez Diaz v Massachusetts Supreme Court Case. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley argu...

13 Jun 20202h 15min

Introduction to Rigged:  The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast

Introduction to Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast

The Podcast beings with the following quote from Richard Nixon's Domestic Policy Chief John Ehrlichman:"We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the pu...

5 Jun 20209min

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