The state Supreme Court today unanimously agreed to hear anappealof a fraud case against discredited State Police chemist Fred Zainthat had been dismissed by a lower court.
A date to argue the case was not immediately set.
Zain's entire body of work was discredited in 1993, when theSupreme Court ruled the former serologist had either fabricated ormisrepresented evidence.About a dozen people Zain helped convict have since been releasedor given new trials, and the state has awarded more than $4 millionin damages to people who were convicted on his testimony orevidence.Several agencies have since accused Zain of accepting paymentunder false pretenses when he served as …
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