Posted
11/03/2007 05:19:00 PM
by Douglas
More nefarious motivation behind our draconian
drinking laws.After the Downie trial, Dr. Simpson obtained the actual data from Dr. Dubowski’s 1985 report. In applying the same analysis to the data that Dr. Dubowski used, Dr. Simpson discovered a major error. The incidences when breath analysis overstated actual BAC were not 2.3 percent of the tests, as Dr. Dubowski had testified to in the Downie case, but rather 23 percent of the tests – a wandering decimal point!
How on earth could a little 'ole decimal be important when you're talking about throwing someone in jail?