New teen driving laws recently signed into law, change the ground rules for teen driving and also open new doors for law enforcement, which can be abused. As part of the new measures, police will now be allowed to pull over drivers under 18 for not wearing a seat belt. This was previously not the…
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How a Pennsylvania DUI Can Affect Your Child Custody Rights
Under New Pennsylvania Laws: A DUI Conviction for Anyone in Your Home Can Affect Your Custody Rights As I have often mentioned on this blog, the penalties for a Pennsylvania DUI are very severe and they last a lifetime. Unfortunately, these penalties are only getting more and more severe and have serious ramifications on other,…
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New Pennsylvania Laws Require Teachers to Report Arrests including DUI
Teachers around Pennsylvania are facing a peculiar situation. New laws will result in teachers being ineligible for prospective employment for certain DUI Offenses. The new law calls for a three (3) year ineligibility period for a prospective employee convicted of a second DUI if it is graded as a misdemeanor of the first degree. Any…
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Video: TCDLA Honors Attorney McShane
Your Pennsylvania DUI Attorney Justin McShane has been very busy defending motorists in PA and also training lawyers around the country in the scientific aspects of DUI cases. In the past few years, Attorney McShane has been invited to lecture numerous times at seminars sponsored by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA). In recognition…
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Increasing DUI Penalties
In the wake of the Troy Davis execution, there has been increased scrutiny of the death penalty in America. Even death penalty supporters have been forced to stop and think after the execution of an innocent man. The sad fact is that our justice system is broken and the forensic system is even more fractured. …
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New Penalties for Pennsylvania DUI Being Proposed
A state senator has proposed a bill to make ignition interlock devices mandatory for first time DUI offenders: Sen. Rafferty sponsors bill directed at first time DUI offenders Local law enforcement leaders are fans of proposed state legislation that would require first-time DUI offenders to install a breath-alcohol content gauge in their vehicle. Currently, offenders…
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Cops Planted Drugs on People to Meet Arrest Quotas
More disturbing reports out of NYC where narcotics police are being investigated for making false arrests to meet quotas: We fabricated drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas, former detective testifies A former NYPD narcotics detective snared in a corruption scandal testified it was common practice to fabricate drug charges against innocent people…
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Causes of False Convictions: Faulty Forensic Science
Once of the main causes of false convictions is unreliable or faulty forensic science. Unfortunately, many times the so-called experts who testify on behalf of the prosecution are viewed as real scientists by judges and jurors who themselves often have no formal education in the hard sciences. Thus they are unable to detect the pseudo-science…
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Connect with Attorney McShane
As a committed and professional Pennsylvania DUI Attorney, I have devoted a lot of my time to studying the scientific aspects of DUI cases and have spent even more time training and answering questions for other attorneys and law students. It is one of my goals to promote scientific knowledge in the legal community and…
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Alcohol Detecting Flashlights?
Pennsylvania Police are Using Alcohol Detecting Flashlights to Identify Drunk Drivers in State College As if we needed more untested, unscientific, inaccurate DUI technology, police in PA have been using DUI flashlights to detect drunk drivers: Alcohol-Detecting Flashlights Introduced in State College DUI Enforcement High-tech flashlights that can help police identify drunk drivers have arrived…
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