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by danso 4577 days ago
The OP is a bit outdated...Dookhan has since been sentenced to 3 to 5 years in prison:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/22/annie-dookhan-fo...

The system is indeed in turmoil as it has to continue to review a massive number of cases. One of the worser case scenarios has since happened: a man who was freed because of possibly tainted evidence went on to allegedly murder someone

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/05/17/man-freed-becaus...

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I'd say that imprisoning innocent people was already the worst case scenario.