Reading America
Atlanta, GA (USA)
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Location:
Atlanta
Industry:
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Year Founded:
2004
Number Employees:
50-100 people
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Reading America
Alcohol Convictions
Statutory References: 302.302, 577.010, and 577.012, RSMo
Points are added to a driver's record for an alcohol related traffic conviction.
1. First conviction for excessive blood alcohol content (BAC) - 8 points
2. First conviction for driving while intoxicated (DWI) or driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) - 8 points
3. Second or subsequent conviction for DWI, DUID or BAC - 12 points
4. Commercial motor vehicle .04% - 2 points
Reuters, an all purpose a news company, was founded in the late eighteen hundreds. When they first came into existence, they used carrier pigeons in order to get their newspaper out to potential readers. Back then, this was the most effective method of content syndication. Due to their determination to stay in existence and the way they successfully conducted their business operations, they now have a history of being in the world's eye for more than one hundred fifty years.
Today, Reuters focuses on sub topics of business interests other than the financial aspect. Subjects other than money include world politics, automobiles, blogging, podcasting, employment, entertainment, technology and odd topics. Reuters diversified their focus off of solely serving financial news due to their success in sustaining their worldly presence over the course of time. A hypothetical guess is that Reuters online felt that they could capture and retain a wider, loyal audience if they talked about other things in their news.
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Because of many reasons, breathalyzers are several times more likely to record a falsely high than a falsely low BAC reading. This suggests that the innocent are several times more likely to be falsely convicted than the guilty are to go unpunished.
Judges who are more inclined to find in favor of defendants may let more guilty people go without punishment. Similarly, judges who are more inclined to find in favor of the prosecution may falsely punish more innocent victims.
The Bill of Rights refers to the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, the fourth of which states that:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
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