Even Judges Do Not Trust BAC Evidence (When It Is Used Against Them)

So you are arrested for DUI and the police get a sample of your blood.  Your blood is drawn by a hospital and analyzed by a State lab.  The result?  You were over the legal limit.  Thousands of people have had the aforementioned evidence admitted by a Judge and used against them by the State to prove them guilty of driving under the influence.  So if judges allow this kind of evidence, and thousands of people have been convicted due to this evidence, it must be accurate. right?

Lake County judge’s DUI results are released, and trial is delayed

Judge David Hall’s defense attorney plans to challenge blood-alcohol results

The night that Lake County Chief Judge David Hall was pulled over by Vernon Hills police, his blood-alcohol level was 0.107, Hall’s attorney said minutes after a judge approved unsealing the record Monday.

The lawyer, Douglas Zeit, said he plans to challenge the blood-alcohol finding and the hospital procedures that led to the result. He also said an unknown law enforcement officer violated Hall’s rights under the federal HIPAA privacy law by instructing hospital staff on how to process the blood sample.

Wow.  Any one else find it interesting that a Judge knows better than to allow the junk science of blood draws to determine BAC  into evidence against him?  Makes you wonder just how accurate this evidence is, doesn’t it?

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