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Should police be able to charge people with drunk driving if they were merely sitting in their car?

The shopping mall parking lot had emptied and the street lights had dimmed but a red Acura, engine chugging, loitered in front of a dark Payless ShoeSource. In the early hours of a December morning, a patrolling police officer spotted the car, roused the sleeping driver, and gave him a sobriety test. Attila Kiss, who had stopped on his way home from a Christmas party, failed the test. And although his car was not moving, he was charged and later convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. Should Kiss have been granted leniency because he tried to do the right thing, pulling off the road into the North Andover shopping mall when he felt impaired? Courts in Arizona allow a legal defense for drivers who pull over when they feel too drunk to drive. Kiss took his case to the state Appeals Court, arguing that Massachusetts should do the same...

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