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No More Blanket Delays in Delaware Drug Cases

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A Delaware Superior Court judge has turned down a request by prosecutors for a 60 day delay in all drug trials because of the missing drug scandal that has rocked the state lab.

A previous 30-day delay runs out on March 31st.

This means that prosecutors will have to get delay for individual drug cases that will include detailed explanations as to why a case cannot go forward.

In February, President Judge James Vaughn Jr. issued a blanket stay for one month because of allegations of drug thefts and tampering at the Controlled Substances Laboratory in the medical examiner’s office.
 

 

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.