Chin to Stay in Michigan

By Walter F. Roche Jr.

One of the two ex-pharmcists facing multiple second degre murder charges is giving up on his efforts to get transferred to a federal prison to complete his 10.5 year sentence set following his conviction on federal racketeering and related charges.
James Buttrey, the lawyer for Glenn Chin, said his client will remain in the Livingston County Michigan Jail awaiting trial on 11 counts of second degree murder.
Chin had petitioned the Livingston County Circuit Court to be allowed to transfer to a federal prison where care for inmates is generally considered to be more favorable.
"Mr. Chin will remain in the Livingston County Jail for the pendency of his case," Buttrey wrote in an email response to questions. Chin and co-defendant Barry Cadden have been charged with 11 counts of second degree murder for the deaths of 11 Michigan patients who were injected with highly contaminated preservative free methylprednisolone acetate.
The drugs, laden with deadly fungi, were produced at a Massachusetts drug compounding firm where both were employed. Cadden was president and part-owner of the New England Compounding Center while Chin was a supervising pharmacist in the clean room where the deadly drugs were produced.
A federal grand jury had also charged both Cadden and Chin with second degree murder, but two separate juries declined to convict them on those charges.
The federal juries did find Cadden and Chin guilty of racketeering and related charges and Cadden was given a 14.5 year sentence and Chin got a 10.5 year sentence.
While Chin's transfer to a federal prison got conditional approval from Judge Michael Hatty, Chin was apparently unsuccessful in getting the federal Bureau of Prisons to place him in one of their facilities.
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