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Prosecutors and Judges can drive drunk in FL and TX

By ambimb

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Law Professor Jonathan Turley highlights two stories of how DUI/DWI laws get applied unequally when the defendants are prosecutors or judges: In Waco, District Judge Elizabeth Berry, 43, has been able to keep out the result of a blood test that showed that she was driving drunk. In Tampa, former Pinellas-Pasco prosecutor Lydia Wardell, 41, (known for her own unforgiving treatment of DUI offenders) avoided jail time for her second DUI arrest. Full stories here and here. 

Full post as published by Public Defender Stuff on February 01, 2009 (boomark / email).

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