Equal justice in dui cases? It all depends
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Justice isn’t necessarily equal for people charged with drunk driving. Where a driver is arrested, whether he can afford a lawyer, which lawyer he hires, which judge the case is assigned to — all can have a tremendous effect on the outcome, The Miami Herald has found in a computer-assisted study: * Drunk drivers arrested in Broward County are 1 1/2 times as likely to be convicted of driving under the influence, and almost four times as likely to go to jail, as those Source : nl.newsbank.com |