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DUI Cases Thrown Out Due to Closed-Source Breathalyzer

Hundreds of cases involving breath-alcohol tests have been thrown our because the test's manufacturer will not disclose how the machines work. [via]

"...All four of Seminole County's criminal judges have been using a standard that if a DUI defendant asks for a key piece of information about how the machine works - its software source code, for instance - and the state cannot provide it, the breath test is rejected, the Orlando Sentinel reported Wednesday."