Cadden, Chin Remain in Michigan

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

Two former Massachusetts pharmacists remain in a Michigan lockup, but a key hearing on their second degree murder charges has been delayed yet again.
Court records show Barry Cadden and Glenn Chin's hearing on whether the should be bound over for a jury trial has been set for May 21. The two are charged with 11 counts of second degree murder for their roles at a now defunct company that caused a deadly 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak.
The hearing had originally been set for this week in Howell, Mich. before Livingston County District Court Judge Shauna Murphy.
Under the revised schedule Murphy is due to issue a ruling on June 11. Further delays, however, likely will depend on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The two were charged by then Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette with second degree murder in the deaths of 11 Michigan patients who died in the outbreak.
Cadden and Chin already have been convicted of federal racketeering and mail fraud charges. Cadden has already begun serving a nine year sentence, while Chin got an eight year sentence. The two were brought to Michigan from separate prisons in Pennsylvania last year and have remained in the Livingston County Jail ever since.
County officials recently announced a ban on visitors at the jail due to the the coronavirus pandemic.
Chin's federal sentence is due to end on Jan. 1,2025. Cadden is due for release April 4, 2025. If convicted on the Michigan charges, they will likely face a life term.
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