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The problems with Virginia's Intoxilyzer 5000 are seeing the light of day

First, Bob Battle gets an order to have Thomas Workman inspect an Intoxilyzer 5000 in Fairfax; the government settles that case.  Then Jerry Phillips gets to inspect the Intoxilyzer 5000 in Alexandria for Vito Fosella's defense; the machine is in terrible shape.  Then Scott Surovell gets several gadgets inspected in Fairfax with an Oscilloscope.  What a mess.

And all because the Virginia Department of Forensic Science never used an oscilloscope to test the diagnostic equipment entrusted to it.

According to documents obtained by Bob Keefer:

"The oscilloscope is the most versatile and useful piece of test equipment available to actually see what is going on with both analog and digital circuitry.  Without its use, an Intoxilyzer service technician can only shotgun  troubleshoot problems often resulting in the replacement onf the wrong component."

Who knows how many thousands of innocent people have been convicted by improperly maintained breath test gadgets?

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