Imagine a place where you are accused of a crime. Where you can lose your liberty. Where you can lose your job. Where you can lose everything you have worked so very hard for. Imagine that during this trial, the Government only introduced a single piece of paper that reads “You’re Guilty”. That’s it. Imagine…
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The Verdict is You’re Fired—How a DUI Effects Your Employment
Besides the obvious criminal sanctions already described in our last post which include mandatory jail, loss of license or a restricted license, and mandatory fines, there are a lot of under-publicized but very substantial consequences. First is the fact that you will be branded FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE with a conviction for one…
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Bad Breath: How You Can be Guilty Not of a DUI, but Guilty of Eating a Hoagie
A FALSE POSITIVE: We can think of a lot of things in our every day lives that can provide for false positives such as: pregnancy tests quick screen mammograms prostate marker screening tests for cancer PAP smear BREATH TEST MACHINES! We are all probably familiar with the idea of a false positive. Technically, Merriam Webster’s Medical Dictionary defines…
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Off the Road…How Pennsylvania CDL truck drivers get the worst of a DUI accusation
Question: Out of everyone charged with a DUI in Pennsylvania, who gets punished the worst? Answer: A motorist who has a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) . If you are a fair person, then this post will probably be very memorable to you because it talks about one of the most unfair and ridiculous possible results…
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