News Flash: All criminal charges against Mikovits have been dismissed

[penny]

Woohoo! Let's hope the civil case goes the same way.

 

[Rrrr]

Charges have been dropped for now. Dismissed 'without prejudice' means they can be refiled at a later date. The civil litigation against the WPI and Mikovits is still pending.


http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/06/criminal-charges-dropped-against.html

Eco

from what i have recently learned, DA's like to keep their options open, when they can, by saying "without prejudice." but they almost never re-open cases they dismiss "without prejudice."

 

[Rrrr]

http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Ethics/33282

Charges Against Chronic Fatigue Researcher Dropped
By Cole Petrochko, Associate Staff Writer, MedPage Today
Published: June 14, 2012

Criminal charges filed against the lead researcher of now-retracted studies linking a mouse virus to chronic fatigue syndrome have been dropped.

The charges against Judy Mikovits, PhD, involved lab notebooks and a computer she is alleged to have taken from her former employer, Whittemore Peterson Institute in Reno, Nev. The institute and director Annette Whittemore also filed a civil suit against Mikovits.

[for the rest of the article, see link above]

 

[Rrrr]

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/14/4562369/charges-dropped-vs-nv-scientist.html

Charges dropped vs. NV scientist in research caper

The Associated Press

Published Thursday, Jun. 14, 2012


RENO, Nev. -- Washoe County prosecutors have dropped charges against a scientist accused of stealing research notes after her firing from a medical institute on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
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Mikovits' lawyer, Tammy Riggs, says she's happy "attempts to destroy her reputation have failed."

[for full article, see above link]

 

[Rrrr]

http://www.mynews4.com/news/local/s...ikovits-have-been/LzL9aJumVk6eLIM9dpSeXg.cspx

RENO, Nev. (KRNV & MyNews4.com) -- Criminal charges against Judy Mikovits were dropped Monday, according to the Washoe County District Attorney's Office.

[see link for full article]

 

[Rrrr]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/us/chronic-fatigue-researcher-wont-face-theft-charges.html

New York Times piece on the dropping of charges

 

[Rrrr]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-mikovits-charges-main-20120615,0,7187208.story

Nevada drops charges against researcher Mikovits

Scientist led study of chronic fatigue syndrome


Nevada prosecutors have dismissed criminal charges against Judy Mikovits, the researcher whose findings offered hope to thousands of chronic fatigue syndrome patients before they were retracted and her life became mired in legal trouble.

[the rest of the article is found at the link above]

 

[Rrrr]

http://www.californiality.com/2012/06/judy-mikovits-charges-dropped.html

Criminal charges against Judy Mikovits have been dropped by Nevada prosecutors, exonerating the renowned scientist to the cheers of supporters worldwide.

Dr. Judy Mikovits, the famous California research scientist, whose controversial Chronic Fatigue Syndrome findings were ultimately retracted by the journal, Science, was arrested in Ventura, California last year on felony charges.

[the rest of the article is found at the link above]

 

[RustyJ]

Thanks for posts Rrrr.

 

[Tia]

Thank GOD! May she continue her research as someone said: uninterrupted. She's done more for us than any other researcher, imo. And we have her to thank for alot.