PEOPLE

摘要

The number of people whose criminal cases were potentially affected by Annie Dookhan, a chemist alleged to have falsified test results at a Massachusetts crime laboratory, now exceeds 40,000, according to a state-commissioned review completed on 20 August. A database is being assembled to aid prosecutors, courts and defence lawyers as they review the cases whose evidence came into contact with Dookhan-a list that now includes nearly 3,000 more individuals than previously thought. Dookhan pleaded not guilty to charges of obstruction of justice and perjury (see Nature 490, 153-154; 2012).