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How to Fix a Drug Scandal

2020-04-01 · 50 min / episode · ★ 7.0

Documentary · Crime

The four-part docuseries revolves around Amherst, Massachusetts, drug lab chemist Sonja Farak who became addicted to the narcotics she was supposed to be testing. In covering her tracks, Farak falsified thousands of results and opened the door to overturning hundreds of wrongful convictions.

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Jigsaw Productions, Abstract
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United States of America
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Top Cast

Luke RyanSelf - Deffense Attorney
Shannon O'NeillShannon O'NeillSonja Farak
Scott AllenSelf - Journalist, Boston Globe
Shawn MusgraveSelf - Investigative Reporter
Paul SolotaroffSelf - Journalist, Rolling Stone
Karl KenzlerKarl KenzlerLawyer
Jared OlanoffSelf - Defense Attorney
Annie DookhanSelf - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)
Heather HarrisSelf - Forensic Drug Chemist
Sonja FarakSelf - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)
Linda FarakSelf - Sonja's Mother

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