A prominent sex tourism blogger was arrested in Costa Rica earlier in September. The blogger, David Strecker, built a prominent online website based on his adventures throughout South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Mr. Strecker is an unabashed fan of...
A Breathalyzer for marijuana may be coming soon
Police officers in California are testing a new piece of technology from Hound Labs that measures THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. A smattering of devices tried to deliver on this promise before. However, this latest Breathalyzer appears to be the most...
Celebrate Oktoberfest, but don’t get a DUI
It's time for Oktoberfest and that means it's time for beer. While celebrating all things beer, many people will choose to have more than one beer and others will choose to have many more than one beer.No matter how little or how much is consumed, festival-goers would...
What Happens If You Get Caught Driving On A Suspended License?
You know you're not supposed to drive with a suspended license, but you need to get somewhere and no one else can drive you. You decide to risk it, but get pulled over by a Maryland cop. What happens now? The consequences If you are caught driving on a suspended or...
What happens if you refuse or fail a breathalyzer test?
Once you are pulled over by a police officer on suspicion of drunken driving, you face severe penalties. The officer will administer a field sobriety test, which you may accept or refuse. This post will go over your options if you refuse to submit to the field...
How can a DUI attorney help you?
DUI/DWIs are serious crimes. DUIs can involve jail time, fines, forfeiture of property, a suspended drivers' license, and more. The last thing you need is to try and confront these charges on your own. A defense attorney will know the courts, police investigators, and...
Challenging a field sobriety test, Part 1
The field sobriety test is a series of exercises that police administer to people they suspect of driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The tests are designed to assess the coordination of the driver and their capability to operate. But, like any...
California considers mandatory minimums after Stanford rape case
The notorious Stanford rape case that shook the nation earlier in the year got a new round of controversy. The California state government, in response to the perceived light sentence that Mr. Brock Turner received, is considering mandatory minimum sentences for those...
Self-driving cars, a boon to alcohol producers?
Several financial companies, including Morgan Stanley, believe the more sophisticated self-driving cars become, the more likely it will lead to a boom in business for restaurants that serve alcohol and alcohol producers. Primarily, the study believes that self-driving...
Rates of intimate partner violence
Sexual assault and rape are trigger words that people associate between strangers. Only someone who is "unknown" would do that to a woman. But data collected by the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), which collated information from a variety of...