Chin, Cadden Waive Speedy Trial Rights

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Appearing in orange jump suits and shackled, two Massachusetts men charged with 11 counts of second degree murder waived their rights to a speedy trial today in Livingston District Court in Michigan.
Glenn Chin and Barry Cadden appeared before Judge Shauna Murphy following their arraignment last week on the second degree murder charges.
The charges, filed late last year, stem from the state investigation of the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak which led to the death of 23 Michigan patients.
Murphy set June 11 for a status conference on the case.
Cadden is represented by Gerald Gleeson while James Buttrey was appointed to represent Chin.
Several victims of the outbreak and survivors of victims who died were on hand for the session.
Chin and Cadden are expected to be returned to federal prisons in Pennsylvania where they are serving sentences following convictions on charges of racketeering and mail fraud.
Cadden is serving a nine year sentence at the federal prison in Loretto and Chin is serving an eight year sentence at the federal prison in Allenwood.
The two are charged in the Michigan case in the deaths of Donna Kruzich, Paula Brent, Lyn Laperriere, Sally Roe, Mary Plettl, Gayle Gibson, Patricia Malafouris, Emma Todd, Jennie Barth, Ruth Madouse and Karine Baxter. The deaths of Madhouse, Malafouris and Barth were not included in the federal charges.
The two were cleared of second degree murder racketeering charges in the federal cases.
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