«
»

Secret Breathalyzer Software Still Secret

As I’ve written repeatedly in the past, a DUI/DWI case has degenerated essentially into a “trial by machine”.  If the machine says the blood alcohol level is .08% or higher, the law presumes him to be guilty — and at trial the jury will be so instructed.

[...]

So wouldn’t it be nice to know just what the computer source code was in this antique that determines guilt or innocence?

One attorney in Minnesota, Jeffrey Sheridan, thought so, and asked the court to order the prosecution to turn over the code for inspection. ”For all we know,” he said, ”it’s a random number generator”. The court agreed. [...]

more at DUI Blog.

Posted 20070813 14:07 under mad. Follow responses through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Reply form

comments are enabled solely to discourage off-topic blather when i'm writing elsewhere. my wish is that no one comment here.

off topic? say it here or it'll be deleted. no spam. full censorship policy here.

update 20100729: generally, dunce comments from anonymous pussies no longer replied to. comments routed to spam queue may take weeks to publish, and sometimes be deleted accidentally from overlooking during review.

You must be logged in to post a comment.