{"id":278,"date":"2016-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/michigan-state-police-admit-to-botching-thousands-of-alcohol-blood-tests\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:01:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:01:41","slug":"michigan-state-police-admit-to-botching-thousands-of-alcohol-blood-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/michigan-state-police-admit-to-botching-thousands-of-alcohol-blood-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan State Police Admit They Botched 4000 Alcohol Blood Tests"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Michigan State Police have announced that as many as 4,000 alcohol blood tests are flawed due to improper calibration.\u00a0 This means that as many as 4000 people arrested for drunk driving in Michigan could be wrongly convicted of a crime they did not commit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how the system works: if you are arrested in Michigan for drunk driving, and the police draw your blood to test for alcohol, then the blood sample taken will be sent to a Lansing Toxicology Lab for testing.\u00a0 The Michigan State Police run this lab that is responsible for alcohol and drug blood testing for the majority of arrested intoxicated drivers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The process used by the lab is called gas chromatography, and this process requires calibration.\u00a0 If the calibration is flawed, and it often is, then the blood alcohol or drug level reported by the lab is worthless.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Michigan State Police have announced that as many as 4,000 alcohol blood tests are flawed due to improper calibration.\u00a0 This means that as many as 4000 people arrested for drunk driving in Michigan could be wrongly convicted of a crime they did not commit. 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