Gin Soaked Raisin Defense Battles Under the Influence Charges

by hearit

The new, best excuse relating to DUI charges makes gargling with Listerine old news—a Pennsylvania woman claims that she was eating gin-soaked raisins, not drinking alcohol. The woman’s previous court probation may throw a wrench in the works for that non-intoxication argument—but the gin-soaked raisin defense ups the ante: the alcohol-soaked raisins, claims her defense attorney, is a method used to treat the defendant’s arthritis.
 
Alcohol-soaked raisins may work for the arthritis, but not the court system. A Northampton County, Pennsylvania state, judge has sentenced defendant Russo to jail time—following a failed urine test required under the defendant’s prior court plea and terms of probation in an unrelated case.
 
The gin-raisin defense follows probation of a previous a plea deal with the courts--entry of ‘No Contest’ in an unrelated stalking charge.
 
The Pennsylvania woman’s defense attorney has immediately filed court documents, stating his client has turned to the alcohol-soaked fruit “because conventional medication doesn't work.”
 
Similarly, much of America claims the same.