{"id":279,"date":"2012-11-01T15:25:54","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T15:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2012\/11\/special-report-on-oui-convicti.html"},"modified":"2012-11-01T15:25:54","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T15:25:54","slug":"special-report-on-oui-convicti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/special-report-on-oui-convicti\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Report on Massachusetts OUI conviction rates released by the Supreme Judicial Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court released today the Special Report<\/a> it had a major Boston law firm prepare on OUI convictions rates following a three part series published by the Boston Globe. The special report makes numerous recommendations geared toward increasing the conviction rate for OUI offenses.<\/p>\n

As a Massachusetts OUI lawyer<\/a>, the most remarkable part of the report is that the highest Court in Massachusetts is seeking recommendations geared toward increasing a result in a particular type of case. The report undermines the idea that the Court should be neutral and about protecting Constitutional rights. While a report like this would be appropriate for a district attorney or journalist, it is disturbing that the Court would sanction a report to investigate the outcomes in a particular charge.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court hired a major Boston law firm to conduct this research addressing the issues raised by the Boston Globe. Apparently, the attorneys at the firm reviewed OUI cases looked at police reports, and in the report state that they agreed with some not guilty verdicts, thought other cases could have gone either way and disagreed with other verdicts. There is a clear difference between reading a police report and even listening to testimony on a CD as compared to seeing it live at trial. Communication experts teach that over 70% of communication is nonverbal so the way it is communicated in court and its value and impact on a judge listening to the testimony cannot be measured by reading the report or listening to a transcript.<\/p>\n

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