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The Supreme Court ruled this week that police must usually obtain a warrant before making a suspected drunk driver submit to a blood test. In an 8-to-1 vote, the court ruled on a case from Missouri where a state trooper drove a suspected drunk driver to a local hospital and ordered the man’s blood be…
A new law in Virginia now makes it a primary offense for drivers to text while driving. The new law, that the Governor signed last month, raises the fines from $20 to $125 for the first offense and a $250 fine for a second offense. It also makes the action a primary offense instead of…
Many Virginia criminal laws are not being updated to keep up with changing technologies. For example, anyone aged 18 or older in Virginia caught “sexting” or possessing nude photos of anyone underage could face child pornography charges. A recent article in The News & Advance discusses the challenges with some aging criminal codes in Virginia by…