By Bret Silverberg
Annie Dookhan, the centerpiece in a scandal that has rocked the Massachusetts criminal justice system, has pleaded guilty to charges that she falsified evidence in thousands of cases during her time as a state chemist.
In total, she was sentenced to a prison term of between three and five years followed by a two-year probationary period.
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Dookhan pled to 27 charges including tampering with evidence, obstruction and falsification of documents. In Suffolk Superior Court she admitted guilt in full.
Dookhan gave a "yes, your honor" or "no, your honor" to a variety of questions from Ball making certain she fully understood her plea.
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Dookhan, with tears in her eyes, admitted she falsified evidence to further her career.
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