Cadden, Chin Michigan Hearing Postponed

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

A scheduled hearing on the second degree murder charges against two former Massachusetts pharmacists has been postponed and a new date has not been set.
A hearing on whether Barry Cadden and Glenn Chin should be bound over for trial on 11 counts of second degree murder had been scheduled for March 27, but it has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Kelly Rossman-McKinney, spokeswoman for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, said today that a new hearing date has not yet been set.
Cadden and Chin were charged in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents who died in the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak, which was caused by drugs produced by the New England Compounding Center. Cadden was president and part owner of NECC, while Chin was a supervising pharmacist at the now defunct Framingham, Mass. company.
The two already have been convicted on federal racketeering, conspiracy and mail fraud charges. Cadden was given a nine year federal sentence, while Chin was sentenced to an eight year term.
Though they have both begun serving their federal sentences, they are currently being held in the Livingston County Jail pending the upcoming hearing before District Judge Shauna Murphy.