This disturbing story from Tampa, Florida is typical of the hysteria surrounding DUI cases these days. A man was driving himself to the walk-in doctor’s clinic because he was so ill with pneumonia. On the way there he was stopped by law enforce
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The Overland Park , Kansas, Police Department is planning a DUI Saturation Patrol on Friday, March 14, 2008. I guess it is that time of year again. I am sure there will be many checklanes to follow. However, a saturation patrol means that there will
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According to this New York Times article, more than 1 in every 100 Americans is incarcerated in either a state prison or local jail. This is the highest rate of incarceration in US history and the highest rate of incarceration in the western world. F
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CNBC ran an article recently concerning the true financial costs of a garden-variety DUI case. $20,000.00 was the estimate. From the article: “One drink too many puts you at risk for not only an arrest, but also for fees, fines and costs that c
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There is an interesting article in the Los Angeles Times about how most of the top colleges in the United States are inquiring as to whether a student has ever had contact with the law or been disciplined at their high school. Apparently, these days
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If you have received a DUI in Kansas or DWI in Missouri you should at least consider whether the use of alcohol or other substances has become a problem in your life. Certainly, the fact that a person receives a DUI charge does not, in and of itself,
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Browsing the Kansas City Crime Scene Blog, as I do almost everyday, I saw 2 DUI stories on the same day that are all too common. The first story concerns a guy who was passed out in his car at about 4 p.m. When the officers aroused him, he was lethar
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