There were two magazine articles in the past week, each espousing opposite views with respect to the underlying philosophy concerning DUI enforcement. Reason Magazine had an article titled “Abolish Drunk Driving Laws”, in which the author
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The state of Ohio began buying Intoxilyzer 8000 breath testing machines last year, the same machine used in every Kansas DUI breath test case, but the excitement by law enforcement for the machine has been underwhelming. A recent story in the Columbu
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I blogged recently about lab errors and why they must be investigated and accounted for. You can also read about other lab errors and fraud here. In those posts, as with other posts, I recounted some recent stories concerning laboratory errors or fra
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Last week MADD kicked off a campaign to get its supporters to contact their congressional representatives and urge them to vote for a bill to require ignition interlock technology for all vehicles sold in America. The email looked like this: MADD’s
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Kansas DUI laws changed today, July 1, 2010, but only a little. As of today, a person convicted of a second time DUI in Kansas, who also blew under a .150, can petition to have his one year driver’s license suspension set aside in favor of an i
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…at least so says a Court of Appeals in Florida. The story is here. Lawyers in Florida have been fighting for years to force the manufacturer of the Intoxilyzer 8000, the same machine that is used in all Kansas DUI breath test cases, to turn ov
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I previously blogged here about the situation in Washington, DC, in which it had been brought to light that hundreds of people had been convicted of DUI in that city based on breath test results that are now known to be inaccurate. A story today in t
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