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Hundreds In Denver Possibly Convicted With Falsely High Blood Tests

By Lawrence Taylor

I’ve written often in the past about the unreliability and inaccuracy of breath tests in DUI cases. Because some readers have said, "Ok, but what about blood tests?", I’ve also pointed out the many problems with testing blood samples as well.  See, for example, Fermentation in Blood Produces…Alcohol and What Happens if a DUI Suspect’s Blood Coagulates?. For those who seem to think that blood analysis for alcohol is any more reliable in drunk driving cases than breath tests, consider this recent news story:   Colo. Springs Lab Says Blood-Alcohol Tests Wrong Denver, CO.  December 11 — Hundreds of DUI and criminal cases in Colorado Springs could be affected by the discovery of faulty blood-alcohol tests...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on December 14, 2009 (boomark / email).