Conviction Rates For Dwi Rise Statewide
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Drunken driving conviction rates have soared in Mecklenburg and other counties across the state since the Observer reported that thousands of DWI suspects had gotten off despite testing over the alcohol limit. Mecklenburg’s conviction rate in such cases rose from 57 percent in late 2003 to 75 percent a year later. Conviction rates statewide also rose since last summer, when the Observer first published articles on DWI trials. The rates in some of the state’s most Source : nl.newsbank.com |