The Federal funded holiday drunk driving campaign “Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over” is underway, with a national ad campaign and Federal grants to local and state law enforcement to pay for extra DUI patrols. [click to continue…]

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Lenient Judges in Massachusetts DUI Cases?

by admin on October 31, 2011

The Boston Globe has a big ongoing series of articles on drunk driving trials that make the case that judges who decide cases in bench trials as opposed to trials in front of a jury are more lenient, and more likely to acquit. But the conclusion may not be so clear. [click to continue…]

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Suspended License Arrest After DUI Charge

October 18, 2011

The Patriot Ledger reports of a man arrested for driving on a suspended license 10 hours after being arrested for a DUI.

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Does Stepped Up Drunk Driving Enforcement Enhance Public Safety?

September 8, 2011

Before and after holiday weekends like labor day, there are always news reports about additional police patrols looking for drunk drivers in Massachusetts. But does it actually make a difference?

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More Alarmist DUI News From the Herald

July 20, 2011

The Boston Herald reports that less than half off all those charged with DUI in Massachusetts are actually convicted. This is supposed to seem alarmist, but is actually routine and proper, and does not at all suggest that DUI laws are too lax, and that drunk driver’s are routinely getting off scott free. 

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Multiple Offense Drunk Driving News Reports

June 28, 2011

News headlines about drunk driving cases are often extremely sensationalistic. A recent headline in the Sun-Chronicle “Repeat drunken driver avoids 2-year sentence” does more than suggest that the defendant in the case somehow got away with something. But is that true, and is that fair?

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Attorney Russell Matson on WWLP TV In Springfield

June 26, 2011

Russell Matson is part of a panel on drunk driving laws that was broadcast on WWLP in Springfield. Melanie’s Law: The Ignition Interlock: wwlp.com

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Possible Mandatory Ignition Interlock Devices for DUI 1st Offense

June 16, 2011

As reported by WWLP News 22 Springfield, there is some legislative movement on new tougher DUI laws in Massachusetts, that could require an ignition interlock device after all DUI convictions.

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Registry Certification Documents Require Testimony in OUI, Suspended License Cases

June 10, 2011

In an extremely significant ruling for people facing charges with prior OUI offenses, or suspended license cases, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that Registry documentation must be supported by expert testimony to be admissible in court. 

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DUI After 130mph Chase

June 9, 2011

There’s another dramatic and extreme DUI arrest in the news, of a Holliston man arrested supposedly after a 130mph chase down I-93.

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