Massachusetts pharmacist Glenn Chin, implicated in the deaths of 11 Michigan residents during a 2012 US meningitis outbreak, has agreed to plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter. According to an email sent to affected families, Chin will serve a 7 1/2-year prison sentence, credited against his existing longer federal sentence. The state attorney general's office confirmed Chin is to appear in Livingston County court next Thursday; the trial scheduled for November will no longer take place.
Chin and Barry Cadden, an executive at the New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts, were charged by Michigan alone for the outbreak-related deaths. More than 700 individuals across 20 states were impacted by fungal meningitis or other illnesses linked to contaminated steroids from the lab, which investigators found teeming with mold, insects, and cracks; dozens died.
Chin is currently serving a 10.5-year federal sentence for racketeering, fraud, and other offenses connected to the outbreak. Given the credit for his federal time, Chin is unlikely to face additional imprisonment in Michigan. Barry Cadden previously pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in Michigan and received a 10-year sentence, which is running concurrently with his 14.5-year federal sentence. Chin has expressed regret, saying, "I am truly sorry that this ever occurred." (This story was generated by Newser's AI chatbot. Source: the AP)
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