In an seemingly unlikely story we find that truth is indeed stranger than fiction, and we also find proof that the law really DOES want you to do the right thing, not just punish you. In North Carolina a veteran suffering from PTSD was on probation and failed a urine test. After admitting to using alcohol, the judge in charge of the case sentenced the veteran...

There are three main ways you can test for DUI - urine testing, blood testing and the breathalyzer. Why is it that cops prefer the breathalyzer? Especially when it is the least accurate of the three methods? The answer is that you need a search warrant to obtain blood and urine, your exhalations are technically not your body, and therefore no warrant is needed to obtain...

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...

A state congressman from Mississippi has proposed a bill that would require those convicted of two or more DUI charges to have special license plates letting other drivers (and the police) know immediately that they have a "drinking problem." The idea that Gary Chism has is that if you are a serial DUI offender and those driving in your immediate proximity know it, you will probably...