For drunk drivers, a habit of judicial leniency

Spotlight report

When state judges hear OUI cases without a jury, they acquit the vast majority of defendants, no matter how blatant the alleged offense. It is one more way Massachusetts stands out nationally — for all the wrong reasons — on this crime.

October 30, 2011

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