How to Fix a Drug Scandal
S1 · E1IMDB:
6.9
Released
4/1/2020
Duration
0h 48m
Genre
Documentary, Crime
Country
United States of America
Cast
Luke Ryan, Shannon O'Neill, Scott Allen
Overview
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.
How to Fix a Drug Scandal
Season 1 · Episode 1IMDB:
6.9Released
4/1/2020
Genre
Documentary, Crime
Cast
Luke Ryan, Shannon O'Neill, Scott Allen
Duration
0h 48m
Country
United States of America
Overview
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.
Episodes
EP 1AvailableEpisode 1
Damning evidence reveals drug lab chemist Sonja Farak's addictions. A scandal erupts, raising questions for the thousands of defendants in her cases.
Episode 1
Damning evidence reveals drug lab chemist Sonja Farak's addictions. A scandal erupts, raising questions for the thousands of defendants in her cases.
EP 2AvailableEpisode 2
Top state lab chemist Annie Dookhan falls from grace over brazen misconduct and unsettling emails with prosecutors. Farak's trial begins.
Episode 2
Top state lab chemist Annie Dookhan falls from grace over brazen misconduct and unsettling emails with prosecutors. Farak's trial begins.
EP 3AvailableEpisode 3
Farak's disturbing confessions lay bare a broken system. Dookhan takes the fall in court, but suspicions of a high-level cover-up grow louder.
Episode 3
Farak's disturbing confessions lay bare a broken system. Dookhan takes the fall in court, but suspicions of a high-level cover-up grow louder.
EP 4AvailableEpisode 4
The ACLU and dogged defense lawyers fight for justice in the tainted cases as officials and the public absorb the fallout's staggering scale.
Episode 4
The ACLU and dogged defense lawyers fight for justice in the tainted cases as officials and the public absorb the fallout's staggering scale.
Cast
Self - Deffense Attorney
Luke Ryan
Sonja Farak
Shannon O'Neill
Self - Journalist, Boston Globe
Scott Allen
Self - Investigative Reporter
Shawn Musgrave
Self - Journalist, Rolling Stone
Paul Solotaroff
Lawyer
Karl Kenzler
Self - Defense Attorney
Jared Olanoff
Self - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)
Annie Dookhan
Self - Forensic Drug Chemist
Heather Harris
Self - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)
Sonja Farak
Self - Sonja's Mother
