By Walter F. Roche Jr.
The final pretrial hearing in the second degree case against two former Massachusetts pharmacists has been set for June 24 in the Livingston District courtroom of Judge Shauna Murphy.
The session, set to begin at 8:30 a.m., will not be open to the public but interested parties can observe the session on YouTube.
The two have been charged with second degree murder in the deaths of 11 patients who were injected with contaminated steroids in the 2012 fungal meningitis outbreak. Following the hearing Murphy will rule on whether prosecution presented enough evidence for the two to be brought for trial.
Barry Cadden and Glen Chin were connected to the New England Compounding Center, the company blamed for the deadly outbreak. Cadden was president and part owner of NECC, while Chin was a supervising pharmacist in the clean room where the deadly methylprednisolone acetate was compounded.
The two already have been convicted on federal charges, but two separate juries declined to convict them on second degree murder charges.
Here are directions on viewing the session on YouTube:
Go to www.livgov.com. Once in there, go to the little spy glass on the right hand side and type in Covid-19 emergency and hit “go”, it will bring up Covid-19 Emergency Court Information. Once in there, scroll all the way to the bottom of that page where you will find links to every courtroom. Click on Hon. Shauna N. Murphy’s link and that should connect you directly to her courtroom.
Thanks for the info, and instructions
ReplyDeleteWe will be watching and listening on the 24th. Hopefully no more delays to bring these 2 men closer to the long arm of the law justice they deserve.
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