Thursday, September 2, 2010

Woman exonerated after arrest sues over Lake Co.'s DUI crackdown

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found not guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol in 2008 has filed a class-action lawsuit challenging Lake County's "no-refusal weekend" program.

allow police to obtain search warrants for suspected drunken drivers who refuse to take a breath test. Prosecutors and judges are on call to issue a search warrant requesting the tests be done under penalty of contempt of court if the suspect continues to refuse.

This is the first lawsuit filed against the constitutionality of "no-refusal" in Lake County. The same program has been challenged twice in Kane County, but both were dismissed.

Click on the following for more details:  Daily Herald | Woman exonerated after arrest sues over Lake Co.'s DUI crackdown

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