DEDHAM — In two early cases of fallout from the state drug lab scandal, two men convicted in drug cases walked free from Norfolk Superior Court today.

David Danielli was released 2½ years early from prison by Superior Court Judge Paul Troy. Danielli walked out of the courthouse without speaking to reporters and climbed into a car driven by his daughter. His attorney, John T. Martin, told reporters that since the evidence against Danielli was tainted, Danielli should not be kept behind bars.