How to Fix a Drug Scandal

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2020-04-01

Last Air Date: 2020-04-01

Number of Seasons: 1

Number of Episodes: 4

Networks: Netflix

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Top Cast

Luke Ryan as Self - Deffense Attorney
Shannon O'Neill as Sonja Farak
Scott Allen as Self - Journalist, Boston Globe
Shawn Musgrave as Self - Investigative Reporter
Paul Solotaroff as Self - Journalist, Rolling Stone
Karl Kenzler as Lawyer
Jared Olanoff as Self - Defense Attorney
Annie Dookhan as Self - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)
Heather Harris as Self - Forensic Drug Chemist
Sonja Farak as Self - Forensic Drug Chemist (Archive Footage)

Seasons

Season 1 (2020)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Episode 1 (2020-04-01)

Damning evidence reveals drug lab chemist Sonja Farak's addictions. A scandal erupts, raising questions for the thousands of defendants in her cases.
Ep. 2: Episode 2 (2020-04-01)

Top state lab chemist Annie Dookhan falls from grace over brazen misconduct and unsettling emails with prosecutors. Farak's trial begins.
Ep. 3: Episode 3 (2020-04-01)

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. 4: Episode 4 (2020-04-01)

The ACLU and dogged defense lawyers fight for justice in the tainted cases as officials and the public absorb the fallout's staggering scale.