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• Alcoholics: Incarcerate or Rehabilitate?
• Racial Differences in the Effects of Alcohol
• Field Sobriety Tests “Unreliable” for Older Drivers
• Judges Have a “Broader Role” in DUI Cases….Helping Cops and Prosecutors Get Convictions?
• Do Breathalyzers Discriminate Against Alcoholics?
• Reactions to the Fed’s New .05% Limit
• Federal Agency Recommends New DUI Limit: .05%
• Law Trumps Science in DUI
• U.S. Supreme Court Cites My Book
• Driving Under the Influence of…a Breath Mint?
• Double Jeopardy and Multiple Punishment in DUI Cases
• Can You Be Charged with Attempting to Drive Drunk?
• “Immaculate Intoxication”
• Field Sobriety Tests Are Designed to be Failed
• When is a Refusal Not a Refusal?
• Big Brother Is Watching You…Drink
• What Does a DUI Cost?
• DUI…on a Skateboard?
• Driver Arrested for Having Green Tongue
• Police Commander Falsifies 122 DUI Arrests to Get Federal Overtime Funds
• Officially OK for Cops to Be Half-Drunk on Duty?
• The Quick and Easy Solution to the “Stoned Driving” Problem
• New Study: Diet Drinks Increase Alcohol Levels
• Busted for Drunk Driving….in an Electric Shopping Cart…Inside a Walmart
• Why Cops Lie Under Oath
• Film a Cop…Go to Prison
• The Unknown Variable in DUI Cases: The Cop
• The Burden of Proof is on….the Accused?
• Supreme Court Ponders Forced Blood Draws in DUI Cases
• Judge Finds Breathalyzers Are Inaccurate, Throws Out DUI Case
• The Slow Death of the 4th Amendment in DUI Cases
• Study Shows Field Sobriety Tests Overestimate Blood-Alcohol
• Are “Sobriety Checkpoints” Really Constitutional?
• Guilty…of Not Being Average?
• DUI Suspect Resisting Forced Blood Draw is Tasered, Dies
• Involuntary Intoxication
• Prosecutors Paid Bounties for Convictions?
• DUI?…or the Effects of “Circadian Rhythm”?
• How Good Are Cops at Detecting Intoxication?
• The Disappearing Right to Defend Yourself Against DUI Accusations
• DUI: A Deceptively Complex Crime
• “The DUI Exception to the Constitution”
• Another Cop Falsifying DUI Reports
• “How Can You Defend Those Drunk Drivers?”
• DUI, Distracted Driving…and the Alcohol Factor
• DUI Roadblock: 240 Sober Drivers, 1 DUI Bicyclist
• Busted for Riding a Horse Under the Influence
• Why Cops Can’t Testify to Evidence Pointing to Innocence
• Driver Arrested for DUI After Passing All 6 Field Sobriety Tests
• Some Perspective on a Politically Incorrect Crime
• Is a Citizen Accused of DUI Permitted to Defend Himself with Scientific Facts?
• Is a Citizen Accused of DUI Permitted to Defend Himself with Scientific Facts?
• How Accurate is Detection and Evidence of Drugged Driving?
• Cop Frames Citizens for DUI – for the Overtime
• Cops and Common Sense
• Would You Want This Cop Stopping You on the Highway?
• DUI on a River Raft?
• Cops Caught Lying About DUI Arrest
• Drunk Cop Almost Kills Woman…Gets the Standard “Blue Pass”
• Driving While Dieting?
• The DUI Double Standard: Another Drunk Driving Cop Gets a “Blue Pass”
• Breathalyzer Results Affected by How You Breathe Into It
• Prosecution’s Alcohol & Drug Expert a Fraud
• The Cop Who Can’t Be Fired
• Court Finds Cop “Immune” for DUI Arrest Without Evidence
• New Concept from Canada: Licenses Suspended “Indefinitely” in DUI Cases
• Field Sobriety Test Studies Found to Be Flawed
• The National College for DUI Defense
• DUI Suspect Forced to Have Penis Catheterized
• When the Innocent Plead Guilty
• Crossing the Thin Blue Line
• Erratic Driving?….or “Black and White Fever”?
• Breathalyzers Report Higher Blood-Alcohol Results for Females
• Whatever Happened to “Due Process” in DUI License Suspension Hearings?
• Kansas Moves To Punish Refusing to Incriminate Yourself in DUI Cases
• Driving Under the Influence of…Food
• Colorado Senate Votes to Criminalize Marijuana Levels in Drivers
• A Fading Constitution
• The Scarlet Letter Again…
• State Supreme Court: No Forced Blood Draws
• Super PACs Now Buying Judges, Too
• Obama’s Uncle Gets the Royal Treatment
• Court to Cops: Stop Destroying the Blood Samples
• Identifying and Proving DUI Marijuana (“Stoned Driving”)
• More on Widespread Breathalyzer Inaccuracies
• Hundreds of DUI Convictions in Doubt: Inaccurate Breathalyzers
• Another DUI Exception to the Constitution
• Growing Number of States Outlawing DUI Roadblocks
• The Black Robe Pass
• The DUI Double Standard Continues…
• When It Looks Like a Duck, Walks Like a Duck, Talks Like a Duck….
• The Old Story: Cops Covering for Cops
• Throwing Citizens in Prison for Profit
• Two Years in Solitary….for Being Arrested for DUI
• Do Breathalyzers Discriminate Against Alcoholics?
• The Future Is Here
• Here We Go Again…. “Yes, We Have No Quotas”
• Drunk Driving vs Distracted, Drowsy or Drugged Driving
• Let’s Define the Objective: Preventing Drinking – or Traffic Fatalities?
• How to Get Road Rage Revenge — and Make a Quick Buck
• Why Do Police Always Destroy Breathalyzer Evidence?
• Coercing Breath Tests With Threats of Pain
• MADD’s Mothers Hitting the Bottle?
• Canada Moves Toward .05% DUI…U.S. to Follow?
• DUI Defense Lawyer For $99 (Seriously)
• DUI Task Force Cop Admits Falsifying Breath Test Readings
• The “Blue Shield” Continues
• Cop Who Kicked in DUI Suspect’s Door Is “Immune”
• Cop Admits: Half of DUI Arrests Are Not Intoxicated
• Houston Grand Jury to Hold Prosecutors in Contempt?
• Houston D.A. Subpoenaed by Defense in Breathalyzer Cover-Up
• Houston Grand Jury Subpoenas DAs in Breathalyzer Cover-Up
• Grand Jury Investigates Breath Test Accuracy – Throws D.A. Out
• Drunk Driving….Parked on a Private Driveway?
• Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt?
• A New Awakening
• The Blue Code: Cover-Up of a Cover-Up
• Police Department Explains “Real Purpose” of DUI Roadblocks
• A Different View of a DUI Lawyer
• MADD’s “War on Drunk Driving” Marches On
• A Growing Backlash Against DUI Roadblocks?
• Why is the Most Important Evidence in DUI Cases Always Destroyed?
• DUI Reports Falsely Certified by Arresting Cops
• Why I Defend Them
• Can Smoking Alter Breathalyzer Results?
• Breathalyzer Results Depend Upon Your Breathing Pattern
• The Unwritten Code
• Restaurant Held Liable for Drunk Driver’s Injuries
• Money vs Justice…A Matter of Priorities
• Are Field Sobriety Tests Designed for Failure?
• “Professional Courtesy”
• Ignition Interlock Makers Lobbying Congress to Require Them in All Cars
• Wisconsin Approach Confirms Solution to Reducing DUI Fatalities
• Is It a Crime to Turn Over the Keys to a Drunk Driver?
• The Death Penalty for Drunk Driving?
• A Modest Proposal (with apologies to Jonathan Swift)
• Life in Prison for a DUI?
• Going to Jail for Not Giving Evidence Against Yourself
• Recording a Cop vs Rape: Which Has Longer Prison Sentence?
• Laws Proposed to Regulate Police Abuse of DUI Roadblocks
• Blood-Alcohol Testing Questioned in Michigan
• Another Widespread Failure of Breathalyzers
• Prosecutors Tell Cops to Lie in Trial About Breathlayzers
• Senators Pressure Apple, Google to Remove DUI Checkpoint Apps
• New Law: No Right to Jury Trial in DUI Cases
• More Massive Breathalyzer Failures…
• How Do You Know the Blood They Tested Was Yours?
• DUI and the Double Jeopardy Game
• More Defective Breathalyzers…
• Which Age Group Has the Highest DUI Fatality Rate? Which is Rising Fastest?
• Criticisms of “Sobriety Checkpoints” Growing
• Law Proposed to Ban DUI Roadblocks
• Losing Sight of the Goal
• Driving Under the Influence of…Bath Salts?
• Inaccurate Breathalyzers Cast Doubt on 1,147 DUI Cases in Philadelphia
• Cash For Convictions?
• U.S. Senators Want Apple to End DUI Checkpoint Apps
• Cops Caught Rubber-Stamping DUI Reports
• When Is Alcohol Not Alcohol?
• What Happens If the Cops Refuse to Give You a Blood Test?
• High Blood-Alcohol?….or Zinc Deficiency?
• “Do As I Say, Not As I Do”
• Cops Increasingly Use DUI Arrest Reports…Written Before the Arrest
• The Next Step in “The War on Drunk Driving”?
• Attorney General Finds Widespread Breathalyzer Inaccuracies; Police Shut Down All Machines
• The Metamorphosis of a Crime
• Women and Breathalyzers
• Close Enough for Government Work
• Driving Under the Influence of…Binaca?
• How to Convict an Average Man
• Crackdown on…Bicycling Under the Influence?
• “I observed the defendant weaving within his lane”
• A Fading Constitution?
• Are DUI Roadblocks Constitutional?
• The DUI Double Standard In China
• Blood Sample Analysis: .15%….But Was It Yours?
• The Blue Cover-Up
• MADD’s Futile “War on Drunk Driving”
• Entrapment in DUI Cases
• New Defense Unveiled
• The Field Sobriety “Eye Test”: Science…or Fraud?
• Another Vigilant “DUI SuperCop”
• New Police Tactic
• MADD Lobbying for Breathalyzers as Standard Equipment in All Future Cars
• Should We Punish Drivers Who Pull Over To Sleep It Off?
• Is the Tide Turning?
• Coming To You Soon: Limitless Police Stops and Breath Tests
• Videotaped Falsification of Breath Test Documents
• Videotaped Manipulation of Breathalyzer Inspections?
• A Voice of Reason
• “I Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Convictions!”
• Goal: Eliminate Drinking…or Dangerous Driving?
• How Body Temperature Changes Breathalyzer Results
• The March Toward .05%
• DUI As Murder
• A Look Into Our Future
• 79 DUI Cases Thrown Out: False Police Reports
• Film a Cop and Go to Prison
• Breathalyzers: When Alcohol Is Not Alcohol
• Arrested Driver Liable for Costs of Car Impound — Even if Not Guilty
• Big Brother Is Watching You
• Taping a Cop Making an Arrest is a Felony
• Judges Influenced by Revenues from DUI Convictions?
• Another Case of Cop Immunity
• The Education of a Prosecutor
• Driving Under the Influence of…Bread
• High Breathalyzer Results: Drinking…or Dieting?
• MADD’s New Focus: Prohibition
• Charity Watchdog Gives MADD Low Score
• The Blindness of Zealotry
• Losing Sight of the Goal
• Alcohol on Breath + No Driving = DUI
• Pre-Written DUI Arrest Reports: A Smoking Gun
• Police Writing DUI Arrest Reports…Before the Arrest
• An Interview….
• No Probable Cause Necessary for DUI?
• State Supreme Court: Treat Misdemeanor DUI as Felony
• The “Selective Memory” Filter in DUI Trials
• Double Jeopardy and Double Punishment in DUI Cases
• “Yes, We Have No DUI Quotas”
• 400 Wrongly Convicted in Washington: Faulty Breathalyzers
• Scientific Truth vs Legal Expediency: Presuming Guilt in DUI Cases
• Another DUI “Right Without a Remedy”
• “How Can You Defend Them?”
• The Future of DUI Revisited
• Law and Politics vs Science
• State Supreme Court: DUI Doesn’t Require Driving
• What Does a DUI Cost?
• The Blue Wall Continues
• The Thin Blue Line
• The MADDness Continues….
• Cops with Needles
• Judges Have “Different Role” in DUI Cases?
• Can Your Body Manufacture Alcohol?….The “Auto-Brewery Syndrome”
• “Dial-a-Drunk”: How to Get Back at That Guy Tailgating You
• Why is Drunk Driving Illegal?
• The DUI Double Standard
• Feds Threaten Nebraska if DUI Law Not Changed
• Don’t Drink (Coffee) and Drive
• Whatever Happened to “Drunk Driving”?
• Drunk Driving Laws Trump Science Again
• Double Punishment in DUI Cases
• Due Process and DUI License Suspensions
• The New “Highway Robbery”: Money-Making DUI Roadblocks Growing
• Red Bull and Driving Don’t Mix
• Latest Breathalyzer Proves No More Reliable Than Others
• More False Blood-Alcohol Tests
• Guarding the Guardians
• …and DUIs on Bicycles
• More MADDness…
• The New Vigilantes
• When Does the Insanity End?
• DUI Entrapment
• Unveiling…My New Author Website
• More Fresh Air….
• A Breath of Fresh Air
• DUI Offenders Politically Re-Classified as “Violent”, Returned to Prison
• Another DUI Cop Caught Duplicating Arrest Reports
• Driving While Texting vs Driving Under the Influence
• DUI Roadblocks Act as Deterrents, But…Don’t Tell Anyone
• Hundreds In Denver Possibly Convicted With Falsely High Blood Tests
• Will Ignition Interlock Devices End Drunk Driving?
• Who Cares About the Rights of Those Accused of DUI?
• Guilty…Of Being Average
• Another “DUI Exception”
• Are you sure the blood they tested was yours?
• DUI Cop Framing Gay Drivers for Drunk Driving
• In the “Physician Heal Thyself” Department
• No Surprise: Dirty DUI Cop Goes Free
• “Due Process” for DUI License Suspensions
• DUI….in a Lounge Chair
• Police Plan Fundraiser in DUI Double Fatality…for the Drunk Driver
• DUI Quotas
• A “Fraudulent” Field Sobriety Test?
• Another “DUI Super Cop”
• “Immaculate Intoxication”
• More News From the Battlefront….
• Where Are We Going?
• The Business of MADD
• DUI Cops Now Armed with Guns, Batons…and Needles
• Sleeping Under the Influence
• The DUI Double Standard
• DUI Cops Inspired by CIA?
• The Disappearing Right to Jury Trial…in DUI Cases
• Trial by Machine — But How Good Are the Machines?
• “How Can You Defend Drunk Drivers?”
• How Smoking Can Affect Your Breathalyzer Test Results
• The Difference Between DUI and DWT is….?
• DUI Suspect Shot by Bounty Hunters
• MADD Criticizes Obama for Beer Summit
• DUI on a Horse
• Cops Frame Woman for DUI
• Feds Crack Down on DUI…and Cover Up DWT
• The “DUI Exception” Continues….
• Inebriated or Texting: Which Is More Dangerous When Driving?
• New Federal Traffic Cops
• DUI Roadblock: 1131 Stops, 114 Tickets, 0 DUI Arrests
• California Supreme Court: DUI Defendant Permitted to Defend Self With Truth
• Drunk Driving Entrapment
• Fast-Food Dragnet Fails
• Driving While Intoxicated vs Driving While Texting
• DUI “Scarlet Letter” License Plates Another Bust
• Burger With Fries…and Field Sobriety Tests
• Signs of Reason
• Another “DUI Exception to the Constitution”: Double Jeopardy
• Pre-Written DUI Police Reports
• “Close Enough for Government Work”
• High Breathalyzer Readings….from Dieting
• Investigative Reporter Exposes DUI Attorney Practices
• MADD Chief’s Nomination Withdrawn
• “The Politics of Modern Prohibition”
• Legislator Immunity From DUI Challenged
• State Supreme Court Orders Breathalyzer Secrets Exposed
• Drunk Riding
• Reaction to CEO of MADD Heading Federal Agency
• Does Marijuana Affect Driving Ability?
• Ex-CEO of MADD to Set Vehicle Safety Standards
• Who Will Guard the Guardians?
• New Bill Presumes Innocence in DUI Cases…Expected to Fail
• Ignition Interlocks Coming…as Standard Equipment
• Public Reacts to Police Blood Draws
• Professional Courtesy
• Another Drunk Driving Conviction – With No Driving
• Convicted of Drunk Driving…Without Driving
• The Scarlet Letters: DUI
• “DUI SuperCops” To Be Monitored
• Another “DUI SuperCop” Caught Framing Innocent Citizens
• .02% Blood-Alcohol = 25 Years to Life in Prison?
• Legislators Vote Themselves Exempt From DUI Arrest
• Forced Blood Draws: Citizen Backlash?
• 3rd Chicago “DUI SuperCop”
• More “DUI Super Cops”…And More Innocent Victims
• Reckless Cop Kills Woman…Cops Arrest Scapegoat
• Driving + Trace of Marijuana = DUI
• The “War on Drunk Driving” Marches On…
• “Trial by Machine”….But How Good Are the Machines?
• Blood Test Error Nearly Sends Man to Prison
• Ignition Interlocks: Is the Media Finally Getting It?
• When Judges Protect Their Own
• “Do as I Say…Not as I Do” (cont’d)
• “Do as I Say…Not as I Do”
• Are They Finally Getting It?
• Driving Under the Influence of…Ice Cream?
• Breathalyzer Manufacturer Avoids Court Order
• Presumed Guilt Continues in DUI Cases
• Justice vs Profits….revisited
• Justice vs Profits: Guess Which Wins…Again?
• Trial by Machine
• DUI Murder?
• Who Judges the Judges?
• Which Are More Important: Breathalyzers or Slot Machines?
• The Brazilian Experience
• Growing DUI Trend: Cops Armed with Gun, Club…and Needle
• Here Come the Feds (cont’d): Marines at DUI Roadblocks
• DUI Roadblocks: Is the Public Finally Starting to Get It?
• Another “Successful” DUI Roadblock: 3000 Drivers Stopped, 0 DUIs
• Yes: Ohio Bars Defendants from Challenging Breathalyzers
• Ohio Rejects Popular Breathalyzer: Accuracy Challenged
• Here Come the Feds…
• Latest Weapon: Scare Kids with Fake DUI Arrests
• Truth and Justice in the “War on Drunk Driving”
• The DUI Double Standard
• Breathalyzer Manufacturer Thumbs Nose at Courts
• Why Do Police Refuse to Use Videotapes?
• News From the Front…
• What Are Breathalyzer Manufacturers Hiding?
• Secret Memo: DMV License Suspension Hearings Rigged
• Falsifications of Breathalyzer Records Continue
• “Black-and-White Fever”
• How to Prove Breathalayzer Accuracy: Falsify the Records
• Why Do Police Destroy DUI Evidence?
• How to Convict a Drunk Driver of Murder
• The Disappearing Right to Jury Trial…in DUI Cases
• Police Roadblocks in the New America
• DUI…or Anemic?
• Do DUI Laws Discriminate Against Women?
• Perspectives and Priorities
• Who Cares About Drunks?
• Judge Orders Secrets of Breath Machine Revealed
• Immaculate Intoxication
• Ready-Made DUI Arrest Reports
• Blood Draws in the Back Seat by the Dashboard Light
• You Knew It Would Happen…
• Alcoholics and Breathalyzers
• Why Is MADD Pushing Ignition Interlock Devices?
• The Drinking Age Debate: MADD vs College Deans
• Ignition Interlock Devices: The View from the Prosecution
• Another Life Sentence for Drunk Driving
• The Slow Death of the Fourth Amendment
• DUI Logic
• “Slurred Speech”
• DUI Logic: Roadblocks Effective Because They’re Ineffective
• Drunk Driving – Without Driving
• Judges Told They Have “Different Role” in DUI Cases
• Drunk Biking
• Cops Using Impounded Cars as Personal Rental Fleet
• Cops Cheating on Breath Test Exams
• Law Trumps Science…in Drunk Driving
• The Great Cookie Caper
• More News from the Front…
• The DUI Double Standard
• 0.00% = DUI Prosecution
• Another Day on the Frontlines
• The DUI Double Standard
• Breathalyzers Soon Mandatory for All Cars
• Anatomy of a DUI Lynching
• MADD “Statistics” Again Debunked
• DUI Laws Overrule Scientific Truth
• MADD’s Latest Weapon: Update
• The Unknown Variable
• The Hidden Danger of “One for the Road”
• MADD’s Latest Weapon
• Due Process and Automatic License Suspensions
• How to Get Busted for DUI: Marry a DUI Lawyer
• Breathalyzers: Accurate Beyond a Reasonable Doubt?
• “We do not want a police state…in the name of DUI”
• Judge Throws Out 49 Breath Tests
• First DUI = West Point Expulsion + One Year Prison
• New Statistics: 9% of You Drove “Drunk” Last Month
• DUI – While Walking a Bicycle
• The Truth About Ignition Interlock Devices
• Of Hypocrites and DUI
• Do DUI Roadblocks Work? (Part II)
• New MADD Strategy: Shut Down the Lawyers
• The Sacred Breathalyzer
• The Latest DUI SuperCop…
• Are DUI Roadblocks Effective?
• Law Trumps Scientific Truth in DUI Cases
• How to Overcome Scientific Facts: Pass a Law
• 90 Teenagers Breathalyzed for Root Beer
• One Drink = Felony DUI
• N.J. Supreme Court Rules on Breathalyzer Challenges
• Another of MADD’s “DUI SuperCops”
• Let’s Hope MADD Doesn’t See This….
• Why Cops Can Only Testify to Incriminating Evidence in DUI Trials
• The National College for DUI Defense
• Catheter Forced Up Penis After DUI Arrest
• “The Federal DUI Immunity Act of 1998″
• “Do As I Say, Not As I Do” (redux)
• “Do What I Say, Not What I do”
• Breathing Paint Fumes = High Breath Test Results?
• How Good Are Cops at Detecting Intoxication?
• The Thin Blue Line Exception
• Washington State Says “No” to DUI Scarlet Letter
• Washington State Says “No” to DUI Roadblocks
• The Fading Right to Jury Trial
• Fraudulent Crime Lab DUI Tests: Update
• Judges: Crime Lab DUI Records “Deceptive & Fraudulent”
• DUI Double Jeopardy and Multiple Punishment
• When is a Refusal Not a Refusal?
• Breathalyzers Don’t Measure Alcohol
• Breathalyzer Results Depend on Body Temperature
• Justice and Semantics
• Today, DUI Roadblocks…Tommorrow?
• Are DUI Roadblocks Effective?
• Backlash?
• What Does a DUI Cost?
• TV’s DUI SuperCops in Action
• The Next Step: Arrest the Passengers
• Forced Blood Draws by Cops Spreading
• New Reality TV Show: DUI SuperCops
• Finally: An End to Drunk Driving
• The Hypocrisy Continues…
• Are DUI Roadblocks Effective?
• DUI Chain Gangs
• Of MADD, Wars and Einstein
• Third DUI = Life in Prison
• Police Using DUI Roadblocks Illegally
• Evidence Only Counts if It’s Incriminating
• The Hypocrisy of DUI Laws
• Another DUI SuperCop…
• DUI Convictions Treated as Violent Felonies
• “I’m a Judge, Bro”
• More MADDness
• Validity of Field Sobriety Test Questioned
• The War on Drunk Driving Marches On….
• Cops Use “Dial-a-Drunk” to Justify Illegal Search
• Supercops…and Supercons
• Cops “Xeroxing” Arrest Reports
• “A Trial of Generals”
• MADD vs USMC
• Selective Memory in DUI Trials
• How to Lose a DUI Jury Trial Before You Begin
• Blood Draws by Cops: “Street Justice”
• Forced Blood Draws by Cops in Back Seat
• Second Manufacturer Must Reveal Breathalyzer Secrets
• “Inside Edition” Documents DUI Quotas Across U.S.
• Lab Fraud Discovered in Breathalyzer Accuracy Checks
• To Protect and Serve….
• MADD Mothers on Patrol
• Racial Differences in the Effects of Alcohol
• DUI Survey — or Roadblock?
• Court Rejects Field Sobriety Test
• Double Punishment in DUI Cases
• Mothers Against Caffeine Intoxication
• How Do You Know the Blood They Tested Was Yours?
• Secret Breathalyzer Software Finally Revealed
• Pity the Poor Prosecutor
• Judge: Divulge Breathalyzer Code…or Else
• Breath Tests Thrown Out by Judge
• The Definition of Insanity…
• Public Defender Arrested: Not Ready for Trial
• Secret Breathalyzer Software Still Secret
• Feds Pay MADD to Intimidate Judges
• The Car in Your Future
• Dial-a-DUI Proving Useless
• Too Many Drinks…or a Zinc Deficiency?
• Most Dangerous: Drunk, Drowsy or Distracted?
• Flash: Proof Immediate Suspensions Stop Drunk Driving!
• New Car? Don’t Take a Breath Test
• Taking Blood by Force
• MADD’s Miracle Cure: Ignition Interlocks
• The Rush to Judgment
• Don’t Drink Coffee and Drive
• DUI a Crime of Violence?
• Japanese Pioneer Sophisticated New Technology
• More “Shock and Awe”
• The Growing Abuse of Prosecutorial Power
• Lies, Damned Lies and MADD Press Releases
• Purpose of DUI Roadblocks: “Shock and Awe”
• How to Be a DUI “Super Cop”
• Dear Trooper 5157…
• Report: Breathalyzers Outdated, Unstable, Unreliable
• How to Raise Your Blood-Alcohol with Rolaids
• The Germ of Dissolution
• Chewing Tobacco Raises Breathalyzer Results?
• Bush an “Inadmissible Person”
• Latest Figures in MADD’s “War on Drunk Driving”
• MADD: Lawyers the Cause of Continuing DUI Fatalities
• DUI and the Presumption of Guilt
• Breathalyzers: “State of the Art”?
• “How Can You Defend Them?”
• Immaculate Intoxication
• Felony Bicycle DUI
• So If Breathalyzers Are So Accurate…
• .00% = Under the Influence of Alcohol
• Tape Recording Under the Influence
• How Accurate are Breathalyzers?
• The Hypocrisy Continues…
• Field Sobriety Tests and Circadian Rhythm
• News Flash: Penalties Don’t Deter DUI
• Chronic Cough? Don’t Take a Breath Test
• What Happens to Cops Who Drive Drunk?
• MADD’s Solution: Get Rid of the Lawyers
• The DUI Problem
• Officers Rewarded for Arrests — not Convictions
• Mr. Webster on “A Fading Constitution”
• A Fading Constitution?
• Drink and Drive and…Get Raped
• D.A.: Arrest Doctors if They Won’t Draw Blood
• MADD Forced to Remove Fraudulent Claims
• Prosecute Passengers in DUI Cases?
• Drunk Airline Pilot?…or Dieting?
• Smoking and Breathalyzers
• DUI on Horse
• DUI on Ice
• Another Drunk…or Diabetic
• Dieting Causes False Positives on Ignition Interlocks
• K-9 Units for DUI?
• Slurred Speech: Evidence of DUI?
• Alcohol on the Breath: Evidence of DUI?
• Can Chewing Tobacco Cause High Breath Results?
• Prescription Drugs Cause Craving for Alcohol
• Do DUI Laws Discriminate Against Women?
• The Unicorn Revisited
• The DUI Double Standard
• New DUI Defense Unveiled
• Another DUI SuperCop
• Sleep Driving?
• “Black-and-White Fever”
• Duh
• OK, Sobriety Checkpoints Are Ineffective, but…
• The Hidden Dangers of “One for the Road”
• Selective Memory in DUI Trials
• DUI + Fatality = Murder?
• From Manslaughter to Murder in 5 Easy Steps
• He Who Is Without Sin…
• Who Will Guard the Guardians?
• How to Fool a Breathalyzer
• The Insanity of DUI Laws
• Justice Scalia’s Daughter Charged with DUI
• New DUI Weapon Unveiled in War on DUI
• If You Can’t Prove It, Make the Defendant Disprove It
• Breathalyzer Inaccuracy: Testing During Absorption
• DUI (Deputy Under the Influence)
• MADD: Murder for DUI
• The Death Penalty for DUI?
• The Unknown Variable
• The True Purpose of DUI Roadblocks
• Does Marijuana Impair Driving?
• MADD: OK to Let .14% Driver Go — If He’s a Politician
• Who Cares About Drunk Drivers?
• Toyota Announces DUI-Proof Cars
• Truth, Justice…and Expediency
• A Touch of Sanity
• Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood…
• Alcoholics and Catch-22
• Vigilante Roadblocks?
• How to Be a “Top Cop”
• Anemic? Don’t Take a Breath Test!
• DUI Cop Refuses Breath Test
• MADD Under Fire
• Police Framing Citizens for DUI
• Judge Refuses All Tests
• High Blood Alcohol from Zinc Deficiency?
• MADD Announces End to Drunk Driving: A Reply
• New DUI Roadblock Tactics
• Who Cares About DUI?
• The Latest DUI Exception
• But Roadblocks Work, Right?
• And Now….Seat Belt Roadblocks
• “He Who is Without Sin”
• Ignition Interlock Devices: Dangerous but Profitable
• All U.S. Cars to Have Ignition Interlock Devices?
• Court: No Life Insurance Benefits to Widow if Husband DUI
• “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk”
• Alcohol vs Cell Phone: Which is More Dangerous?
• Justices Under Pressure in DUI Cases
• Cops Taking Blood by Force?
• The War on Drunk Driving Continues…
• MADD Bill Introduced: .05%
• The Future is Here
• What We Need Are More DUI Laws….
• New DUI Roadblock Tactics
• “The Sky is Falling”
• Never Snitch on a President
• The DUI Coverup
• Dial-a-Drunk: DUI Vigilantes Are Watching You
• Dieting Can Cause High Breathalyzer Results
• Florida Admits Breathalyzers “Unreliable”
• Why Do Police Destroy Breath Evidence in DUI Cases?
• State Courts Protecting Citizens in Absence of Supreme Court
• Ok, DUI Roadblocks Are Illegal and Don’t Work, But….
• 99 Years for Drunk Driving
• Signs of Sanity
• Just Another Drunk Driver….Again
• Can Body Temperature Affect Breathalyzer Results?
• Just Another Drunk Driver
• Through a Glass Darkly: No Jury Trial in DUI Cases?
• Through a Glass Darkly
• DUI Entrapment
• Not Guilty by Reason of Alcoholism?
• The 19 Driving Symptoms Cops Look For
• Sleeping Under the Influence
• The Necessity Defense to DUI
• MADD Policy: Intimidate Judges and Prosecutors
• If the Driver is Sober, Then Arrest the Passenger
• “Becoming a Police State…in the Name of DUI”
• What’s the Right Way to Give Field Sobriety Tests?
• The Next Wave of DUI Laws…is Here
• Measuring the Invisible Breath Sample
• Who Guards the Guardians?
• Do DUI Laws Discriminate Against Women?
• The Bottom Line
• Mel Gibson…For the Last Time.
• State Prison for First-Offense DUIs?
• Mel Gibson Guilty of….What?
• Can Coagulation of the Blood Sample Raise the Alcohol Level?
• MADD Favors Cell Phones in Cars — But Only to Report DUIs
• Smoking Reduces Blood-Alcohol Levels?
• Why Breathalyzers Are Inaccurate: Reason #37
• How Accurate is Urinalysis for Measuring Blood-Alcohol?
• The DUI Bounty
• Can the Human Body Manufacture Alcohol Internally?
• Are Alcoholics Protected by the ADA in DUI Cases?
• Can You Sue for Inaccurate Breathalyzers?
• Hypocrisy and the War on Drunk Driving
• Latest Weapon in the War on Drunk Driving
• “The Suspect’s Speech Was Slurred”
• Does Marijuana Impair Driving?
• Driving Under the Influence of…a Cell Phone
• DUI “Eye Test” a Fraud?
• Dawn
• “I Smelled a Strong Odor of Alcohol on the Suspect’s Breath”
• Breathalyzers: 40% Margin of Error is Acceptable Accuracy?
• How You Breathe Affects Your Breathalyzer Results
• When Judges Judge Judges
• Time for a Change
• Sobriety Checkpoints: the Slippery Slope
• Warrantless DUI Arrest in Home (cont’d)
• Court: OK to Arrest in Home Without Warrant….if a DUI
• Assembly Line Justice
• MADDness
• Don’t Drink Diet Soda and Drive
• New Anti-DUI Weapon Unveiled
• Judge Alters DUI Records to Appease MADD
• Cops Breath Testing Citizens Leaving Bars
• Supercops: The Smoking Gun
• Everything You Need to Know About Breathalyzers
• Breathalyzers: “State of the Art”?
• Why Do Cops Destroy the Breath-Alcohol Evidence?
• Driving After Midnight = Probable Cause to Stop for DUI
• Yet Another DUI “Loophole” Plugged
• For Sale: Breathalyzers….Cheap
• Another DUI “Loophole” Plugged
• SuperCops Revisited
• “I stopped the Defendant because he was weaving”
• Physician Heal Thyself
• More Blood Sample Mix-Ups
• New MADD Goal: All Cars Equipped with Breathalyzers
• Cop Makes $172,000/year on DUI Arrests
• DUI Dismissals for Sale
• The High Cost of a Bad Defense
• Prosecutors Over the Line
• Judges Indicted by Newspaper Investigation
• Texas Backs Off Preemptive DUI Arrests
• Arizona Supreme Court: “Expedite” DUI Cases
• A Ray of Light (cont’d)
• A Ray of Light
• ABA Journal Reports on Perjury in San Diego DUI Cases
• How to Get Arrested for DUI
• Breathalyzers and the RFI Problem
• How Do You Know the Blood They Tested was Yours?
• Asthmatics Punished for Inability to Give Breath Sample?
• Preemptive Arrests Spreading?
• New Tactic: Preemptive Arrest
• Cracks in the Dam?
• Perjured Police Expert Testimony (Cont’d)
• Police DUI Experts Instructed to Commit Perjury
• Drunk Driver?….or Diabetic?
• DUI and the Media
• Priorities
• Coagulation of Blood Sample = Higher Blood Alcohol
• Can Alcohol be Produced Within the Body?
• No Risk of Due Process with DMV License Suspensions
• Breathalyzers and Circadian Rhythm
• Smoking Can Raise Breathalyzer Readings
• Scientists: Aspirin Raises Blood-Alcohol
• High Breathalyzer Readings from Acid Reflux
• U.S. Court of Appeals Slams Nevada Courts, Prosecutors
• Painting Can Cause High Breathalyzer Results
• High Breathalyzer Readings from Pumping Gas?
• How Accurate Are Breathalyzers?
• New Law: A Horse is not a Vehicle
• Alcohol and Race
• Is Hospital Blood-Alcohol Analysis Accurate?
• MACED
• More Punishment Before Conviction in DUI Cases
• Mothers Against Caffeine Intoxication
• Random Breath Testing in the Future?
• Report-a-DUI Proving Useless
• K-9 Units for DUI?
• DUI Lawyer + .02% = DUI Arrest
• DUI on a Foot-High Toy Bike
• Lies, Damned Lies and More Statistics
• MADD Continues on Path to Prohibition
• DUI Cases Thrown Out in Virginia: Update
• Attempted Suicide Convicted of DUI
• The Return of the Scarlet Letter
• Judge: DUI License Suspension Hearings “Unacceptable”
• Virginia Law: Can Arrest for DUI if ANY Alcohol Present
• Another “Successful” DUI Roadblock
• DUI on a Scooter
• New Legal Standard for Arrest: “Buzzed Driving”
• Constitution a “Technicality” in DUI Cases?
• The War on Drunk Driving Continues
• DUI: The Future
• What if the Cash Cow Goes Dry?
• MADD Influencing Jurors?
• The War on Drunk Driving Continues
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• Word Games
• Library
• “Zero Tolerance” Spreading?
• New Defense Strategy Unveiled
• The Scarlet Letter – Version 2
• MADD and the New Prohibition
• The Scarlet…Vest?
• The Scarlet Letter (cont’d)
• The Scarlet Letter Revisited
• Police Using Pre-Written DUI Reports
• Are “Field Sobriety Tests” Valid?
• Nystagmus: A Fraudulent Field Sobriety Test?
• The Hidden Dangers of “One for the Road”
• DUI Roadblocks Still Ineffective — and Lucrative
• “Zero Tolerance” Not Dead Yet
• Florida Judges Order Breathalyzer Code Given to Defendants
• Turning a Corner on the MADDness?
• $ Million Verdict for Judge’s DUI Arrest
• Big Mother is Watching
• Texas Ignores Breathalyzer Standards
• MADD Retreats in Face of “Zero Tolerance” Backlash
• Prosecutors Told .08% Means When Driving
• The Road to Prohibition – Part 4
• The Road to Prohibition – Part 3
• DUI: Government’s Cash Cow
• The Road to Prohibition – Part 2
• The Road to Prohibition
• Judicial Quotas in DUI Trials?
• “State of the Art” Breathalyzers: A History
• Breath Alcohol Testing: “State of the Art”?
• Inaccurate Breathalyzers Blamed on Defense Attorneys
• MADD Continues Staffing DUI Roadblocks
• Forced Blood Draws Justified
• The Hazards of Being a Defense Attorney
• Dieting Can Raise Breathalyzer Test Results
• The Easy Frame
• New Data: DUI Roadblocks Don’t Work
• How Can You Defend Drunk Drivers?
• More Cops Drawing Blood
• DEA Wants Prohibition Back?
• How to Get DUI Convictions: Change the Rules
• DUI License Suspensions: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
• Stretching the Language of DUI Laws
• How You Breath Into the Breathalyzer Affects the Results
• A Fading Constitution
• The Diabetic “DUI”
• The Disappearing Evidence in DUI Cases
• Latest Weapon in the War on Drunk Driving
• The More Things Change….
• Scientific vs Legal Presumptions in DUI Cases
• DUI Laws Unconstitutional (cont’d)
• Judge Throwing Out DUI Cases: Unconstitutional
• MADD Roadblocks?
• The Road to Prohibition
• MADD Helping Police at DUI Roadblocks?
• Science vs Law
• How Far Will They Go?
• The Power of Faith
• When Alcohol is Not Alcohol
• The 100 DUI Club (cont’d)
• The 100 DUI Club
• How to Make a Million in the DUI Business
• How to Get Your ex-Spouse: The Anonymous Tip
• Can You Change the Breath Test Results by How You Breathe?
• New Lie Detector Unveiled
• Nystagmus: “The Eye Test” (part 3)
• Nystagmus: “The Eye Test” (part 2)
• Nystagmus: “The Eye Test”
• Breathalyzer Manufacturers Won’t Tell How They Work
• Be the First on Your Block….
• Expecting a Different Result
• DUI and the Presumption of Guilt
• When is a Refusal not a Refusal?
• Double Punishment in DUI Cases
• How Good is the Officer at Judging Intoxication?
• The Scarlet Letters
• Forcing the Accused to Prove His Innocence
• Roadblocks for Fun and Profit (Continued)
• Walking Under the Influence?
• Flaws in Field Sobriety Test Studies
• Driving a Horse Under the Influence
• DUI Roadblocks for Fun and Profit
• Denial of Independent Blood Test
• “The DUI Exception to the Constitution”
• How Breathalyzers Work (and Why They Don’t)
• “Lies, Damned Lies and MADD Statistics”
• DUI Roadblocks: The Slippery Slope
• DUI and the “Choice of Evils” Defense
• Drunk, Distracted or Drowsy?
• DUI and Traffic Fatalities
• Attempted DUI?
• Breathalyzers and Radio Frequency Interference
• Why Do Police Erase DUI Videotapes?
• How to Get Rid of Jury Trials
• Do DUI Roadblocks Work? (Part II)
• Do DUI Roadblocks Work?
• Pulling Over and Sleeping it Off: Still a DUI?
• Parking Under the Influence
• “Yes, We Have No Quotas”
• Fermentation in Blood Samples Produce….Alcohol
• Answer to Defense Use of Breathalyzer Memory: Turn it Off
• Do Police Have Quotas?
• What Happens if a DUI Suspect’s Blood Sample Coagulates?
• Using Computers to Prove a Driver Didn’t Refuse Testing
• The Spiked Punchbowl: Involuntary Intoxication
• Drunk Drivers vs Distracted Drivers
• Can You Be an Accomplice to DUI?
• How Not to Beat the Breathalyzer — Part II
• What About “Mouth Alcohol Detectors”?
• The “Mouth Alcohol” Problem
• Can Body Temperature Affect Breathalyzer Results?
• D.A.: Jurors Should be “Accountable” for Acquittals?
• Breathalyzer Inaccuracy….It Gets Worse
• Breathalyzer Inaccuracy: Post-Absorptive
• Breathalyzer Inaccuracy: Testing During the Absorptive State
• “A Death of a Thousand Cuts”
• “Black-and-White Fever”
• DUI Ignition Interlocks: Dangerous but Profitable
• “First They Came for the Drunks…”
• Who Cares About DUI?
• The Effects of Smoking on Blood Alcohol
• Driving Under the Influence of……Bread?
• Racial Differences in the Effects of Alcohol
• Blood Alcohol Tests and the Overweight DUI Suspect
• Forceful Blood Draws by Cops: Constitutional?
• “Friends Don’t Let Friends Take Rolaids and Drive”
• High Blood Alcohol — or a Zinc Deficiency?
• New Concept: No License Suspension if You’re Not Guilty
• The Effect of Anemia on Breath Tests
• The Future of DUI
• DUI and the Disappearing Right to Counsel
• So Much for “Separation of Powers”
• DUI SuperCops
• Maine MADDness
• Another Prosecutor Gets Special Treatment
• Drunk on Listerine Mouthwash
• Prosecutors Fight for an End to Jury Trials
• “How Can You Defend Them?”
• When the Shoe is on the Other Foot
• DUI Double Standard Continues
• Getting to DUI Murder: A Roadmap
• New Weapon Unveiled in War Against Drunk Driving
• Would You Want a Cop Taking Blood from You?
• MADD Continues Shift Toward Prohibition
• Overkill: DUI, Train Wrecks and Murder
• “The Untouchables” (Sequel)
• “The Untouchables”
• Indiana Chief Justice Warns Jury Trials Disappearing
• Arizona Denies Right to Jury Trial in DUI Cases
• Supreme Court OKs Forced Blood — After 3 Breath Tests
• New DUI Law: Inaccurate Breath Tests are OK
• New Sobriety Checkpoint Tactics
• DUI in a Wheelchair?
• Punishment vs Treatment in DUI Cases
• “First They Came for the Drunks…”
• Are Police Watching Your Home?
• Tuberculosis, AIDS and Breathalyzers
• Breath Fresheners and Breathalyzers
• DUI, Field Sobriety Tests and “Circadian Rhythm”
• Urinalysis: Unreliable for Blood-Alcohol
• High Blood Alcohol?….or a Zinc Deficiency?
• How to Lose a DUI Trial Before it Begins
• How Not to Beat the Breathalyzer
• “Slurred Speech”: Evidence of DUI?
• Asthma Inhalers Cause High Breathalyzer Results
• How to Raise Your Blood-Alcohol with Rolaids
• DUI Marijuana: Does Marijuana Impair Driving?
• DUI Entrapment
• Alcohol on the Breath: Evidence of DUI?
• Rising Blood Alcohol Levels in DUI Cases
• Driving Under the Influence of….Paint?
• Measuring the Invisible Breath Sample
• Breath Testing After “One for the Road”
• Warning: Smoking Can be Hazardous to Breathylyzer Results
• Coffee and Field Sobriety Tests
• “Close Enough for Government Work”
• How to Fool the Breathalyzer
• Alcoholics, DUI and Catch-22
• Driving a New Car? Don’t take a Breath Test!
• Driving Under the Influence of…Gasoline?
• Taking Blood by Force
• Why Breathalyzers Don’t Measure Alcohol
• Bush an “Inadmissible Person” to Canada
• The DUI Exception?
• Believing You Have Constitutional Rights in a DUI Case Can be Dangerous
• Warning: Breathalyzer in Use
• The Unknown Variable in a DUI Case: The Officer
• DUI: A “Crime of Violence”? The Supreme Court Gets it Right
• How to “Drive” Under the Influence While Sleeping
• Convicting the “Average” DUI Suspect
• “Immaculate Intoxication”
• DUI on a Horse?
• If You Can’t Prove It, Make the Defendant Disprove It
• The DUI Officer and “Selective Memory”
• The Death Penalty for DUI?
• Breathalyzers: Why Aren’t They Warranted to Measure Alcohol?
• Why Do Police Destroy the Evidence in DUI Cases?
• Whatever Happened to the Presumption of Innocence?
• “The suspect had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath”
• Truth, Justice…and DUI Politics
• DUI and the Disappearing Right to a Jury Trial
• “Xeroxed” DUI Symptoms
• GERD, Acid Reflux and False Breathalyzer Results
• Do Breathalyzers Discriminate Against Women?
• “How do I know the blood they tested was mine?”
• The National College for DUI Defense
• Drunk Driving and Double Jeopardy
• The Police Officer as DUI “Expert”
• A Closer Look at DUI Fatality Statistics
• Due Process and Automatic DUI License Suspensions
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