High Prosecution Support Areas
Low Prosecution Support Areas
As seen above, when a county has a higher level of prosecution support, the odds of getting a guilty conviction almost doubles. Officers prosecuting their own cases is often referenced as one of the main problematic issues with how our DUIs are handled in South Carolina. It would be logical to assume that a trained attorney would have an advantage in a legal match-up against a road officer. A defense attorney may be able to make motions or use strategies that someone without formal legal training would be challenged to counter. The vast majority of officers we have spoken with do not want to prosecute their own cases and are frustrated at the “unfair” match -up.
Average Defendant Gender and Age
Of the cases monitored, our data show that 74% of impaired driving cases involved male defendants. Our data also show that 59% of all defendants were between the ages of 21 and 39. Based on cases monitored, this information indicates that the male
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