Drunken drivers may receive swifter justice in Hennepin County under a plan announced Monday that requires DWI trials to take place within 45 days after a defendant first appears in court. That’s a significant improvement over last year’s average of 78 days from arrest to disposition - though one defense attorney said the policy is likely to “implode” in a Minneapolis court system that had 7,264 alcohol-related traffic cases in 1999. “This

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