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8,000 drug convictions could be dismissed in Massachusetts

At least 8,000 drug convictions in Massachusetts are likely to be thrown out because of a state drug lab scandal. The state attorney general joined public defenders and the ACLU in pushing for the dismissals. The tainted cases are tied to former lab employee Sonja Farak who admitted to using drugs she was suppose to be testing. Paula Reid reports.
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