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Prison for pharmacist in meningitis scandal

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressJanuary 31, 2018

In this Sept. 19, 2017, photo, Glenn Chin, supervisory pharmacist at the now-closed New England Compounding Center, leaves federal court in Boston. Chin, a Massachusetts pharmacist charged in a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak, was cleared in October of second-degree murder charges, but convicted on dozens of other counts. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018.

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Victims of meningitis outbreak caused by Framingham compounding center speak at sentencing

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressJanuary 31, 2018

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2016 file photo, George Perrot, right, with his mother Beverly Garrant, talks to the media in front of the Bristol County Superior Court after he was released following his bail hearing in New Bedford, Mass. His stepfather Robert Garrant is at left. On Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018, Perrot, who spent three decades in prison for a rape he said he did not commit, sued law enforcement officers and agencies he alleges conspired to frame him. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston...

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Man imprisoned for decades sues police, FBI

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressJanuary 26, 2018

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Federal prosecutor: Focus is on opioids

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressJanuary 25, 2018

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Gay couple sues over ‘hateful’ fliers

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressJanuary 18, 2018

OxyContin, in 80 mg pills, in a 2013 file image. A 2017 shows that repealing the Affordable Care Act would cut 5.5 billion a year for substance-abuse and mental health treatment, creating a 50 percent spike in the number of people unable to address their opioid dependence. (Liz O. Baylen/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

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State bans some opioids from courtrooms

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressJanuary 3, 2018

FILE - In this June 19, 2015, file, courtroom sketch, David Wright, second from left, is depicted standing before Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell, left, with attorney Jessica Hedges, second from right, and Nicholas Rovinski, right, during a hearing in federal court in Boston. Prosecutors will ask the judge on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017, in Boston to sentence 28-year-old Wright to life in prison for his role in the plot to kill Pamela Geller. The plot was never carried out. (Jane Flavell Collins via AP, File)

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Man gets 28 years in plot to behead blogger

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressDecember 19, 2017

FILE - In this July 1, 2009 file photo Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signs an ethics bill at the Statehouse, in Boston as then Attorney General Martha Coakley, and then State Sen. Brian Joyce, D-Milton look on. The bill was designed to prevent a repeat of scandals involving lawmakers by banning lobbyists from giving gifts to state lawmakers, banning lawmakers from accepting gifts, and by sharply increasing the penalty for bribery. Joyce was charged Friday, Dec. 8, 2017, with using his office for personal profit by accepting up to $1 million in bribes and kickbacks and hiding his corrupt profits by creating a shell company and disguising them as "legal fees."

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Ex-state senator charged with accepting bribes, kickbacks

by Bob Salsberg Associated Press, and Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressDecember 8, 2017

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Hulu sued over audio service for blind

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressNovember 22, 2017

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2017 file photo, Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor leaves U.S. District Court in Phoenix. He had been charged with leading a conspiracy to bribe doctors to prescribe an opioid pain medication for people who didn't need it. Kapoor is scheduled for arraignment Thursday, Nov. 16, in federal court Boston. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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Drug firm founder to fight opioid bribe charges

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressNovember 16, 2017