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In every state in the U.S., drivers can be punished for refusing a breath test when they're suspected of drunk driving.
But our investigation found they are often unreliable, even as they help convict thousands of a crime they may not have committed.
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But our investigation found they are often unreliable, even as they help convict thousands of a crime they may not have committed.
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With drunk driving, a small variation in blood-alcohol level is the difference between committing a crime or not.
We uncovered glitches, poor lab work and other errors that cast doubt on tens of thousands of drunk-driving cases nationwide. Here's some of what we found.
We uncovered glitches, poor lab work and other errors that cast doubt on tens of thousands of drunk-driving cases nationwide. Here's some of what we found.
Across the U.S., convictions are now being challenged and overturned due to human error. One court called a state's testing device a “magic black box” with “significant and continued anomalies.” Massachusetts threw out all of its breath test results from 2011 to mid-2019.
INAUGURATION, INC: The new episode of the @nytimes TV show, @TheWeekly, explores how TRUMP’s inauguration raised & spent a record-shattering $107M. I’m going to be tweeting some context & behind-the-scenes nuggets in this thread during the broadcast at 10pm tonight on @FXNetworks
@nytimes @TheWeekly @FXNetworks (For those who have cut the cord to cable, the INAUGURATION, INC. episode of @TheWeekly will be available for streaming starting tomorrow on @Hulu.)
@nytimes @TheWeekly @FXNetworks @hulu ALSO: @AllMattNYT & I will be doing a @reddit AMA on TRUMP's inauguration on Tuesday, 7/2 at 12pm.
1. It's been nearly a year since an American couple was stabbed to death in Tajikistan in an attack claimed by ISIS. Since then, I've gone to Tajikistan twice to piece together what happened in an investigation for #TheWeeklyNYT that premieres Sunday: nytimes.com/2019/06/21/the…
2. I cover ISIS full-time for @nytimes and the unrelenting pace of attacks has meant that I spend my days covering the organization, with little time left over to focus on its victims. Today I want to tell you why the story of Jay Austin & Lauren Geoghegan stopped me in my tracks
3. Jay and Lauren, both 29, had high-paying jobs in Washington, he for HUD and she as a Georgetown admissions officer. But they longed for something more. A day after they were killed, I found their blog. They had quit their jobs to cycle around the world: simplycycling.org
