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DUI breathalyzers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania invalidated

Filed under: DUI, News Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ March 23, 2011

CBS News has reported that five of eight breathalyzer machines in use in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania had calibration problems. Approximately 1100 DUI cases are implicated. Thus, anyone who has been arrested for DUI in the recent past, and submitted to a breath test, should contact a DUI attorney immediately. The attorney will review the certifications such […]

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Pennsylvania passes law designed to speed the parole process and cut prison overcrowding

Filed under: Criminal Law, News Tags: , , by Steven F. Fairlie @ November 23, 2010

On October 27 Governor Ed Rendell signed a new law which will dramatically reduce the time parolees spend in prison for minor, technical violations of parole. Currently, forty-six percent of prisoners paroled are reincarcerated on technical violations like failure to report to the parole agent within three years of release. The new rules are a […]

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