Cadden, Chin Face Michigan Hearing

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

A probable cause conference is scheduled this week in Howell Mich. on the 11 second degree murder charges against two Massachusetts pharmacists who already are serving federal prison sentences on racketeering, conspiracy and mail fraud charges.
The hearing is scheduled for 8 a.m. Tuesday before Livingston County Judge Shauna Murphy.
It is unclear whether the two defendants will be present. Records from the federal Bureau of Prisons show that as of today they are still in custody at separate federal prisons in Pennsylvania.
Cadden is serving a nine year sentence at the federal prison in Lorretto, PA. while Chin is serving an eight year sentence at Allenwood, PA.
The two were charged late last year with 11 counts of second degree murder in the deaths of Michigan patients who died after being injected with contaminated steroids produced by the New England Compounding Center, a now defunct drug company. Cadden was president and part owner of NECC, while Chin was a supervising pharmacist and worked in the clean room where the contaminated drugs were produced.
Under Michigan's court procedures a a probable cause conference is a a pre-trial session to set scheduling and other matters.
Cadden and Chin were charged with second degree murder in the federal criminal case, but they were cleared of those charges in two separate trials.
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