Drunken driving case continued for President Obama’s uncle
- Onyango Obama, the uncle of President Obama, will be allowed to have the case removed from his record if he avoids arrest for one year.
Boston Globe series on drunk driving wins Polk Award
- The Boston Globe Spotlight Team has won a George Polk Award, one of journalism’s top honors, for its investigative series that showed a majority of alleged drunk drivers in Massachusetts are found not guilty by judges, not juries.
Mass. residents more likely to binge drink
- Mass. was one of the states with the highest rates of binge drinking with nearly 22 percent of adults saying they overconsumed alcohol - compared with a national average of 17 percent.
"I killed somebody… . This is going to change my whole life."
SPOTLIGHT REPORT
A judicial haven for accused drunk drivers
- Plymouth County’s courts may be the most lenient in OUI trials. Judges hear most cases without a jury and acquit just about everyone, leaving police and victims appalled.
SPOTLIGHT REPORT
For drunk drivers, a habit of judicial leniency
- When state judges hear OUI cases without a jury, they acquit the vast majority of defendants, no matter how blatant the alleged offense. It is one more way Massachusetts stands out nationally — for all the wrong reasons — on this crime.
