How to Fix a Drug Scandal
The four-part docuseries revolves around Amherst, Massachusetts, drug lab chemist Sonja Farak who became addicted to the narcotics she was supposed to be testing. In covering her tracks, Farak falsified thousands of results and opened the door to overturning hundreds of wrongful convictions.
Cast
Luke Ryan
Self - Deffense Attorney
Shannon O'Neill
Sonja Farak
Scott Allen
Self - Journalist, Boston Globe
Shawn Musgrave
Self - Investigative Reporter
Paul Solotaroff
Self - Journalist, Rolling Stone
Karl Kenzler
Lawyer
Jared Olanoff
Self - Defense Attorney
Annie Dookhan
Self - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)
Heather Harris
Self - Forensic Drug Chemist
Sonja Farak
Self - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)
Linda Farak
Self - Sonja's Mother
Seasons
E1Episode 1
Apr 1, 2020
Damning evidence reveals drug lab chemist Sonja Farak's addictions. A scandal erupts, raising questions for the thousands of defendants in her cases.
E2Episode 2
Apr 1, 2020
Top state lab chemist Annie Dookhan falls from grace over brazen misconduct and unsettling emails with prosecutors. Farak's trial begins.
E3Episode 3
Apr 1, 2020
Farak's disturbing confessions lay bare a broken system. Dookhan takes the fall in court, but suspicions of a high-level cover-up grow louder.
E4Episode 4
Apr 1, 2020
The ACLU and dogged defense lawyers fight for justice in the tainted cases as officials and the public absorb the fallout's staggering scale.
Videos
Storyline
The four-part docuseries revolves around Amherst, Massachusetts, drug lab chemist Sonja Farak who became addicted to the narcotics she was supposed to be testing. In covering her tracks, Farak falsified thousands of results and opened the door to overturning hundreds of wrongful convictions.
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