The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety commissioned a study that looked at how several states where marijuana is legal determined whether a person was impaired by marijuana usage while driving. The study found the tests used to determine impairment were scientifically...
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Kentucky law doubles look back period for DUI offenders
Senate Bill 56 became law in Kentucky on April 9 after being signed by Gov. Matt Bevin. The law provides that the length of time that a drunk driving conviction remains on an offender's record is now 10 years, twice as long as what had been the case. Opponents of the...
Supreme Court hears case involving testing without a warrant
Kentucky residents may be interested to know that in 13 states, it is illegal to refuse to take a blood or breath test during a traffic stop even if there is no warrant. On April 20, several justices on the Supreme Court said that compelling compliance to such a...
2 Kentucky men chgarged with drug possession
Police in Kentucky have reported that two Harrodsburg residents were taken into custody on drug possession charges during the early morning hours of March 31. After being processed, the two men, who are 31 and 44 years of age, were transported to a detention facility...
Wildcat football player arrested for nabbing parking meter
A football player from the University of Kentucky has been arrested for allegedly trying to walk off with a Lexington parking meter while intoxicated. The incident took place on March 4. According to authorities, a police officer in a cruiser spotted the 23-year-old...
Woman driving with tree stuck in car arrested for DUI
When police in Kentucky pull over a suspected drunk driver, they often have to work off of clues smaller than a tree sticking out of someone's car. An officer in Illinois, however, received just such a big tip from a concerned motorist. He then located a woman driving...
Kentucky TV meteorologist arrested on drug charges
On Feb. 16, police arrested the meteorologist for a Paducah, Kentucky, television station on suspicion of growing marijuana at her Mayfield residence. Her husband was also taken into custody. The 32-year-old weather forecaster, who works for WPSD-TV, and her...
Death row inmates among the 149 prisoners exonerated in 2015
Kentucky residents may have read media stories about innocent individuals being set free after sending decades in prison. A report issued on Feb. 3 by the National Registry of Exonerations, which is a University of Michigan Law School project, revealed that a record...
False confessions during questioning
Many Kentucky residents may think that a criminal case is straightforward if a person confesses, but experts say that this is not always the case. In certain circumstances, innocent people may be induced to confess to things they had nothing to do with. This is the...
Defense options for actions while intoxicated
While intoxication may typically be viewed as a reason for filing criminal charges against an individual, some situations might allow for a defense to be mounted in Kentucky courts based on the type of intoxication in question. The ability to use intoxication as a...
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