Additional Hearing Dates Set

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Two additional preliminary hearing dates have been set in the second degree murder cases against two former Massachusetts pharmacists.
In a scheduling conference yesterday in Livingston District Court in Howell Michigan, prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed to a total of four days for a preliminary examination in the case against Barry J. Cadden and Glenn Chin.
The hearing dates are Nov. 14 and 15 and Dec. 10 and 11. The November dates had been set previously.
The two defendants were not present and may also waive their right to attend the four preliminary examination sessions.
The two were charged with 11 counts of second degree murder for their roles in the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak. The 11 victims died in the outbreak after being injected with fungus infested drugs manufactured by the New England Compounding Center.
Cadden was president and part owner of NECC and Chin was a supervising pharmacist.
Chin and Cadden already are serving federal prison sentences following their conviction on racketeering, conspiracy and mail fraud charges.
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