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+-   Judge: Defense Gets DUI Machine Source Codes on Saturday September 13 2008, @09:48AM pfleming

Submitted by pfleming on Saturday September 13 2008, @09:48AM
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TUCSON, Ariz. — A Pima County Superior Court judge on Friday ruled that software that powers a breath-testing machine used on suspected drunken drivers must be revealed to defense lawyers.

According to the article, half of city judges in Pima county have thrown out DUI cases over the company's refusal to release source code. Defendants' attorneys are pushing heavily in favor of review of the source code for the Intoxilyzer 8000,

The source codes are crucial because the Intoxilyzer 8000 sometimes gives "weird" or inexplicable results

Story here"

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