An interesting law on the books in Orange County, California allows a judge to order any DUI offender to visit a morgue to view the corpse of a DUI motor vehicle accident victim. The question is, does this actually deter people from repeat DUIs? The evidence suggests that it might. In areas where this statute is in effect, which is also Nevada and Illinois, there is...

Many people who are charged with a DUI ask if they can use entrapment as a defense, especially if they noticed the arresting officer was sitting outside the establishment where they were drinking, just "waiting for them." In short, the answer is: no. What is important to understand is that entrapment is only a defense when the perpetrator of a crime would have only committed the...