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Chicago cop gets 3 years in DUI death of boy, 13 – Chicago Tribune via Chicago cop gets 3 years in DUI death of boy, 13 – Chicago Tribune.

Driving while huffing cases raise legal questions | kare11.com via Driving while huffing cases raise legal questions | kare11.com. GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — There are legitimate uses for aerosol keyboard duster sprays, but inhaling the fumes while driving a car is not...

Bad day for blond drivers Abbotsford Police Const. Ian MacDonald thought he’d heard every excuse in the book. Then came Sunday, when a light-haired woman pulled over in a Lexus accused the officer of “targeting blonds.” “You couldn’t make this up – people would never...

Don Ramsell: These clever burden-shifting devices, where the defendant is ‘presumed guilty’ and where the judge must give someone jail ‘except in extraordinary circumstances’ are simply clever back doors that legislators, prosecutors, and some judges have used to...

Traffic Law CLE Wednesday, May 16, 2012 (5:45 PM – 9:00 PM) Growing & Changing With Our Community For Over 50 Years! Traffic Law CLE:  U 5:45 – 9:00 PM MCLE Credits:  3 Secretary of State Hearings, Larry A. Davis, Davis & LaScola Ltd. DUI Panel Discussion...

Lansing— Michigan’s seven State Police crime labs could lose their accreditation this summer, potentially casting doubt on forensic evidence used statewide in prosecutions ranging from drunken driving to homicides. The State Police Forensic Science Division’s...

— N.E.2d —-, 2012 IL App (2d) 110262, 2012 WL 1664217 (Ill.App. 2 Dist.) Judges and Attorneys NOTICE: THIS OPINION HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION IN THE PERMANENT LAW REPORTS. UNTIL RELEASED, IT IS SUBJECT TO REVISION OR WITHDRAWAL. Appellate Court of Illinois,...