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Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal 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

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01:28:12

The Massachusetts Governor's Office Helped to Conceal...

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2024/10/15

Major revelation in today's episode. Apparently the Massachusetts Inspector General's Office concealed that the Governor's lawyer helped to conceal important information from investigators. We review the evidence obtained by Chris Post and uncover more corruption than we previously suspected.

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59:22

Rigged Is Back!

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2024/09/12

After a year and a half, finally Chris Post and his fellow attorneys have uncovered more details on the cover up by the Massachusetts Inspector General's office. Apparently there were emails prior to the report being published saying "What do you say about what we found on other chemist misconduct outside of Dookhan?". The Inspector General KNEW more chemists than Dookhan were committing crimes and even referred as many as six lab employees for criminal referrals!This has been no where in the

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01:22:20

Civil Asset Forfeiture AKA Legal Theft

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2023/03/19

Ilyas and Jamie take a break from the drug lab to do a deep dive into what drives the state to fight their war on drug addicted people. Civil Assist Forfeiture is just a new rendition of the ancient practice of state run overlords using force backed by unfair laws to harass and steal from poor people. Ilyas traces the practice back to the Magna Carta but it certainly predates that. Today police use the principal to take money from the people who the arrest for drug use and distribution to take

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01:43:52

OIG Criminal Referrals for Multiple Hinton Chemists...

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2023/02/21

The Massachusetts Inspector General made criminal referrals for multiple Hinton Lab Chemists, Supervisors and the Lab Director. They did this while never publicly admitting it. They also knowingly lied to the public when they said in their 2014 report on the Hinton Lab that Annie Dookhan was the lone bad actor at the Hinton Lab..Jamie, Ilays and Chris examine these newly unearthed criminal referrals from as far back as 2013 and going all the way up to 2015. We also look at evidence uncovered by

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01:19:32

Criminal Charges Recommending for Chemists Lying...

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2023/02/16

So the Massachusetts Inspector General's Office told all the DAs in the state that they were recommending criminal charges against multiple chemists in the Hinton Lab not just Annie Dookhan. They made these recommendations way back in 2014 and 2015 and the DAs did nothing. The Inspector General then knowingly lied to the public and when they told them that Dookhan was the lone back actor at the Hinton Drug Lab in the conclusion of their report. The blatant lying displayed here by the state is

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01:08:36

OIG Finally Admits Dookhan isn't the lone bad actor

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2023/02/15

We have been saying it for years but now, thanks to the release of new documents from the OIG, we know that the OIG wanted to charge multiple employees of the drug lab not named Annie Dookhan with criminal misconduct. We discuss these new developments and where the case, and the podcast, are going. Amazing that there is still new news on this case that is over ten years old.

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01:00:20

We Swear The Worcester PD Aren't Tyrants

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2022/11/25

As a police officer, how do you prove to a pastor who calls you a tyrant that you are, indeed, not a tyrant? If your name is Worcester Police Officer Michael Cappabianca Jr. it's simple. You taser the living shit out the priest inside his church and then throw a pregnant woman to the ground. You then arrest the pastor and his son and make up several charges that didn't happen. How could anyone ever consider this man to be a tyrant?! Today's episode has independent journalist Bill Shaner, Andrew

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01:42:18

The Tragedy Of Kevin Burnham

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2022/11/08

Jamie, Chris and Ilyas discuss the inditement of former Massachusetts Police Union head Dana Pullman and the tragic tale of former Springfield PD Evidence Officer Kevin Burnham. These two cases show just how corrupt the justice system in Massachusetts truly is and how absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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01:21:04

Middlesex County Court Decision on the Drug Lab

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2022/10/14

In another example of the system walking slowly toward doing the right thing in the drug lab case, a judge in Middlesex County is looking into if Annie Dookhan was, in fact, the lone bad actor.Everyone who is reading this knows that and has known it since this Podcast came out back in 2020 but it is good that the wheels of justice are finally turning. Cheris returns to discuss what this could mean and where the case could go from here.

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01:28:36

Framingham Police Madness

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2022/08/18

Closing out our review of the Madness within the Framingham PD, Ilyas and Jamie discuss the many alleged crimes committed by members of the department only this time it isn't the people that they arrest making the accusations but the officers of the department itself. Many officers sued each other and accusing each other of lying under oath and other crimes, all somehow, under the nose of the local media who never reported any of these shenanigans.This one needs to be heard to be believed.

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01:08:39

Luke Ryan Returns to Discuss 14 Million Dollar Drug...

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2022/06/12

Luke is back to discuss the recent news that he has reached an agreement with the state of Massachusetts for 14 million dollars to cover costs associated with the wrongful conviction of 31 thousand drug lab victims. We discuss the settlement and how it came about and the potential of future settlements with the state.

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01:40:16

Public Records Requests with Andrew Quemere

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2022/06/10

Andrew Quemere from The Mass Dump comes on and reviews the state of public records and transparency laws in Massachusetts. Andrew has been submitting public records for 11 years and has seen first hand law enforcement officials knowingly violate the public records law. We get into that plus other drug lab related topics on this episode of Rigged.

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01:06:57

Interview with Rick Holmes on the Murder of Eurie...

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2022/04/14

Before Briana Taylor and George Floyd there was Eurie Stamps. Eurie was a devoted father and grandfather who was laying on his couch on January 5th 2011 12:30 AM watching a Celtics game when the Framingham Police threw a flash bang into his home, smashed in his door and ordered him to the ground. Eurie did as he was ordered and yet he was still shot in the back of the head by a member of the town's paramilitary SWAT Team. This team was disbanded after this incident but that didn't bring back Mr

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01:41:06

Real Cost of Prisons with Lois Ahrens

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2022/03/08

Chris was unavailable for this episode so it was just Jamie and Ilyas talking about the Real Cost of Prisons with activist Lois Ahrens. We discuss what are the drivers behind mass incarceration in Massachusetts and what people who want to advocate for change can do to force their elected officials to take action. This is a great conversation for those who wonder why nothing was ever done about what happened at the drug labs and with other scandals in Massachusetts involving law enforcement.

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56:28

Interview With MassLive and Republican Reporter...

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2022/02/16

Chris, Ilyas and Jamie interview MassLive and Republican reporter Stephanie Barry about her reporting on the Greg Bigda case and the Springfield PD in general. Stephanie has been reporting on Springfield PD corruption for years and her insights and thoughts on these cases. This is a great, thought provoking episode on how corrupt our criminal justice system really is in Massachusetts.

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01:37:05

Audio of Springfield Detective Greg Bigda Threatening...

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2022/02/03

To say that this episode is disturbing is a major understatement. Jamie, Ilyas and Chris review the video of Springfield Detective Greg Bigda who was indicted in 2018 by a federal grand jury for excessive force in connection with allegedly punching and kicking young car theft suspects during an arrest in 2016, two counts of “abusive interrogation” for threatening to kill and plant drugs on them, plus drafting a false police report. He faced up to 15 years behind bars if convicted. Bigda was

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57:25

The Federal Investigation Into The Springfield Police...

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2021/11/30

The second half of our review of the federal investigation of the Springfield Police Department. *Spoiler Alert* The Springfield PD REALLY likes punching people in the face.

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59:11

The Federal Investigation Into The Springfield Police...

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2021/11/24

Luke Ryan returns to discuss the Department of Justice's 2018 investigation into the Springfield Police Department. This investigation uncovered the illegal, immoral and often criminal abuses of power undertook by the SPD's Narcotics department. The shocking details of the criminal activity of this department need to be heard to be believed. All that and a brief opinion on the Rittenhouse verdict, all on the latest episode of Rigged.

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49:52

The Class E Debacle Part 2: Electric Bugaloo

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2021/11/01

The conclusion of our look into the state's intentional misclassification of Class E drugs.

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59:08

The Class E Debacle Part 1

Rigged: The Massachusetts Drug Lab Scandal Podcast ·

2021/10/27

Chris, Ilyas and Jamie discuss the biggest story no one has ever talked about with this case, chemists from Hinton, Amherst and the State Police Labs intentionally falsely classifying drugs to send people who they know to be innocent to jail. While we have touched upon this subject in previous episodes, we haven't gone over exactly what happened until now. There has never been an article on this subject and this is the first time that the state police's drug testing lab has been implacated in any

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