Cadden, Chin Session Re-scheduled

A preliminary hearing in the case of two former pharmacists charged with second degree murder was re-scheduled today after lawyers for the two asked for additional time to review voluminous and complex evidence.
The hearing, known formally as a probable cause hearing conference, was reset for Sept.10 at 8 a.m.
Neither Barry Cadden or Glenn Chin, who are each charged with 11 counts of second degree murder, were present for the hearing.
Kelly Rossman McKinney, spokeswoman for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Cadden and Chin waived their rights to attend the Tuesday session or the Sept. 10 sessions.
A preliminary examination date has been scheduled for Nov. 14 and 15. Sessions are expected to last eight hours each day. Chin and Cadden are expected to attend those sessions.
Cadden and Chin already are serving federal prison terms for their involvement in the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak. The outbreak was caused by fungus contaminated steroids produced by the New England Compounding Center, which was part owned by Cadden.
Chin was a supervising pharmacist at NECC in charge of the clean room where the contaminated steroids were produced. Both are serving their sentences at separate federal prisons in Pennsylvania. They were convicted on racketeering, conspiracy and mail fraud charges, but cleared of second degree racketeering murder charges.
(Michigan Court information provided by Donna and Ken Borton)