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Originally Posted by Skins fan 44
Regardless of if he was drunk or not, by refusing to take the breathlizer or blood test should be enough to be found guilty, but then you throw in the lawers and get him out of it. Our justice system at it finest.
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Taylor does get penalized for failing to take the test; his driver's license - a state granted privilege to drive - was automatically suspended. Same as you and me. BUT, just like you and me, Mr. Taylor cannot be forced to give evidence against himself in a CRIMINAL DWI proceeding.
Personally, I take that whole "beyond a reasonable doubt" and not allowing the state to force me to give evidence against myself pretty seriously. Yes, it makes it harder to prove guilt but our system is pretty much designed around the principle that it is better to let 99 guilty people go than to imprison one innocent person. Being a generally innocent person - I find that reassuring.
Further, as I said earlier, and from what I read, it is quite likely that anyone (high priced lawyers or no) could have been found not guilty based on what the judge saw on the tape.