Nicolas Gordon, the attorney who represented Dookhan during her criminal case, said she was released roughly a month ago, adding that he wasnt surprised she was paroled well before the five-year limit on her sentence because she had no record.
Dookhan's lawyer, Nicolas Gordon, pleaded for leniency, saying Dookhan's only motivation was to be "the hardest-working and most prolific and most productive chemist." Gordon said "this whole mess" began when Dookhan, who failed to follow certain lab procedures in trying to test more samples.
Date: Oct 18, 2013
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Prosecutors: Chemist caused 'egregious damage' in drug-test scandal
The memo was filed in advance of a so-called lobby conference Friday in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston. During the conference, prosecutors and Dookhans lawyer, Nicolas Gordon, are expected to meet with Judge Carol Ball to discuss sentencing recommendations if Dookhan were to plead guilty.