It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones. -GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to James McHenry, Aug. 10, 1798 Most of us are familiar with quality assurance and quality standards. Whether it is taking the steps to limit defective parts in a manufacturing plant or creating a better user experience for…
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Budget Cuts Could Reduce PA DUI Checkpoints
The U.S. Department of Transportation has cut its funding for Pennsylvania DUI programs by nearly 1/3 this year which could reduce the number of roving patrols and DUI checkpoints in PA. Police: Budget cuts could imperil DUI checkpoint program The U.S. Department of Transportation cut its funding of Pennsylvania drunken-driving enforcement programs by a third…
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Attorney McShane Co-writes Amicus in Supreme Court Win
The Supreme Court Announces its Decision in Bullcoming v. New Mexico in Favor of the Petitioner The Supreme Court of the United States has reversed the decision in the case of Bullcoming v. New Mexico siding with the argument that the prosecution using a surrogate forensic analyst who was not involved in the actual testing…
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Pennsylvania Bans Bath Salts and Synthetic Marijuana
The Pennsylvania State Senate has moved to ban bath salts and synthetic marijuana. The bill now awaits Gov. Corbett’s signature to be passed into law. Under the proposed bill, bath salts and synthetic drugs like Spice and K2 will be banned and classified as “Schedule 1” drugs. Penalties for Bath Salts and Synthetic Marijuana Unless…
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PA DUI Attorney: Recent DUI Lectures
As a respected DUI attorney, I have been invited to many DUI training seminars to share my knowledge, particularly in the area of DUI blood testing. Gas Chromatography is the process used to measure blood alcohol content (BAC) and is considered by many prosecutors to be “invincible” and an “automatic conviction.” That is because most…
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The Importance of Choosing the Right Lawyer
You Will Have Almost No Chance of Winning Your DUI Case if You Choose the Wrong Lawyer If you are facing DUI charges in PA, you are up against an experienced prosecutor armed with professional witnesses (police officers) and “scientific” evidence who is looking to convict you. The only way to stop them is having…
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Another Wrongful Conviction Overturned
Recently, a woman in Canada was freed from prison after serving 13 years after being wrongfully convicted of killing her two year old son. From the Innocence Blog: Canadian Woman Finally Cleared After 13 Years in Prison Posted: June 7, 2011 5:49 pm Tammy Marquardt walked out of an Ontario courtroom fully free for the…
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Apple Agrees to Remove DUI Checkpoint Apps
Apple has agreed to remove apps that alert people to the location of DUI checkpoints. As we have written before, a group of four senators wrote letters to Apple, RIM and Google requesting the censorship of apps that can be used to alert users about DUI checkpoints. RIM removed two popular apps previously and Apple’s…
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DUI Policing for Profit Explained
DUI enforcement and DUI checkpoints is all about policing for profit. Here is a video that clearly explains the dangers of policing for profit: Whatever happened to the noble sheriff trying to protect us from the bad guys? While Pennsylvania doesn’t have this yet for DUI cases, I am sure that we are not far…
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Police Break Car Window at DUI Checkpoint
“Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” George Washington “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” William Pitt in the House of Commons November 18,…
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