Tiny. Violins.

A lawyer for a former chemist accused of falsifying thousands of drug tests at a Massachusetts crime lab urged a judge on Friday to be lenient in sentencing his client, arguing she had already suffered severely as a result of the scandal.

Awww. She’s suffered enough already. Be gentle with her.

[Her defense attorney] said Dookhan’s husband had recently left her for another woman and that she had been racked with anxiety and guilt. She also lives in terror of being separated for a prolonged period from her disabled 7 year old son, Gordon said.

Isn’t that a shame?

I wonder: how many of the people who went to prison based on her tests had spouses that left them?

How many of the people who went to prison based on her tests were separated from disabled children of their own, do you suppose?

Dookhan faces charges including eight counts of tampering with evidence, 17 counts of obstruction of justice, one count of perjury and one count of falsely claiming to hold a degree.
Massachusetts law allows a maximum sentence of 10 years for tampering with evidence and 20 years for perjury.

The prosecution is seeking five to seven years. The defense is asking for one year.

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