SPRINGFIELD — After misconduct in state drug labs in Amherst and Boston, more than 30,000 cases tainted by the scandals were dismissed in 2017 and 2018.
Still ongoing, though, is a federal class action lawsuit trying to get the automatic return of property from those exonerees taken through civil asset forfeiture, a process that allows police to seize property if they suspect it’s connected to a crime.
A federal appeals court dismissed the class action lawsuit in January, and now the plaintiffs are pursuing a review request with the Supreme Court…