major changes to blood testing on the way?
Tests are essential for authorities to be able to determine whether or not you are intoxicated. Field sobriety tests and breathalyzers are often the first line of defense utilized by officers in the battle against drunk driving. The most crucial test howe...
Thousands of Philadelphia DUI cases in question because of breathalyzer mishap
If you are pulled over on suspicion of DUI, you can be certain that at some point, you will have to blow into a breathalyzer. Breathalyzers are not as accurate as a blood test, but they certainly are enough to get you convicted in a court of law should th...
The Lawnmower man: A DUI story
Theodore James Purdy II of Topeka, Kansas was having a nice afternoon last October. He hopped on his lawnmower and took a short drive down the block to visit his son, and had himself a few beers and several shots. Afterwards, he hopped back on his lawnmow...
Connecticut Corruption: State Troopers Caught On Tape Fabricating Charges
DUI check points are a very controversial, yet often effective method that most states use to combat drunk driving. Particularly on busy holiday weekends. It has unsuccessfully been argued that they violate the 4th amendment. As a reminder, the 4th amendm...
Balloon Fight
This summer Texas witnessed what is now believed to be the worst hot-air balloon disaster in our country’s history. The balloon, piloted by Alfred “Skip” Nichols, disappeared into the fog shortly after takeoff. It appears the balloon fle...
Citrus Squeeze
Things aren’t looking too sunny for Orange County Superior Court Clerk Jose Lopez Jr. after being accused of taking over $250,000 in bribes to fix what may end up totaling over 1,000 DUI criminal cases. Lopez utilized a team of ‘recruitersR...
Massachusetts: 21,587 cases set for dismissal
Annie Dookhan was a regular American success story. She immigrated to the United States at a young age with her parents from Trinidad and eventually gained her citizenship, along with a stellar career as a renowned chemist with the Middlesex county prosec...
DU-I of the Tiger-Woods
From the moment he burst onto the professional golf scene, Tiger Woods has been an unstoppable juggernaut. He won his first Masters in 1996 at the tender age of 21, and has since then racked up 14 major championship wins. He married a beautiful Swedish m...
Grand Rapid Cover Up
In November of 2016, Josh Kuiper from the Grand Rapids Prosecutor’s office made a serious mistake. He allegedly drove while heavily intoxicated. After driving the wrong way, his automobile crashed into a parked car and then knocked down a pedestrian...
Happy Drinkmore
Shooter Mcgavin might have been an ace on the golf course, but he can’t seem to find a way to operate as smoothly on the road. Actor Christopher McDonald was arrested for DUI last week by the California Highway Patrol for the second time since 2013 ...
