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Judges Influenced by Revenues from DUI Convictions?

By Lawrence Taylor

As I’ve said in previous posts, drunk driving has become a cash cow for local governments starving for revenue.  See DUI: Government’s Cash Cow, How to Make a Million in the DUI Business and What if the Cash Cow Goes Dry?.  This has lead to such things as putting pressure on cops with DUI arrest quotas.  See Do Police Have Quotas?, "Yes, We Have No Quotas" and  "Inside Edition" Documents DUI Quotas Across the US.  The hunger of municipalities for money might also influence some judges in their rulings…  Ex-prosecutor challenges process of picking local court judges  Atlantic City, NJ.  Aug. 9 – Defendants appearing in municipal court have little chance of getting a fair hearing because judges are more concerned with getting reappointed than handing out justice, and the courts are more focused on making money, a former municipal prosecutor said...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on August 23, 2010 (boomark / email).