scores. reporter: according to the court files obtained by fox 5, judges were still sending suspected drunk drivers to jail for five, 10, and 15 days, as late as three weeks after robert hilden said his office lost faith in the reliability of the scores. in every case we viewed, the defendant plead guilty based on the scores contained in the record. a requirement affirmed by lil hilden at this week s hearing. it s been sustained through the scores. reporter: the deputy attorney general testifying under oath told the committee that his office reacted immediately when they first found out that there were problems with the machines in february of last year. i can tell you that the moment someone came to me and said we think there is a problem, i said shut it down. stop introducing the scores. and that was apparently lifted after the d.c. police began using a new machine called the intoxy meter last year and machines problem attic in august. but no one told the defens
what he went through and spending the day burying and look across the road and seeing people protested by the most vial along vile language on him to make a political or religious point. the justice who descended from this case, samuel leo, took an emotional argument and did not go to any of the first amendment cases. still, the stunning decision and that slam dunk for the westborough baptist church, holding them right to stage the protests. hey, tom, i know you re not a lawyer, let me ask you. this decision, specifically applies to this case with corporal matthew snider. could we possibly see future lawsuits against the westborough baptist church foiled in some other way to get them to stop this? and i am going to sustain out for a moment here and approaching the microphone and the court ruled that these westborough captivist church protests are legally protested by the first amendment. i m going to make a free statement and followed by mr. snider and we ll take
marine matthew snider was killed in iraq in 2006. a small group of westborough baptist church members stood outside, chanting and holding signs, god hates dead soldiers and others. right now, there s nothing stopping westborough from going to your daughter s wedding. reporter: a federal jury agreed with snider, awarding him $5 million. but appeals took it all the way to the supreme court, which in essence, agreed on the church s first amendment. chief justice john roberts said speech is powerful. it can move them to tears, or as it did here inflict pain. we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker. today, westborough baptist church is claiming victory. our first reaction is thank god and praise his name. our secondary reaction is nothing has changed except this. this case put a mega phone to the mouth of this little church. reporter: the only dicenting opinion from this dissenting came from justice alito. he did the freedom of speech does not protect the
this four decided to fight back. he tried to sue the church for $5 million hoping it would get them to stop. the spokesperson says this case did the opposite. we started getting calls from al jazeera and i m telling you, the pickets quadrupled and the coverage increased. reporter: the case went through the appeals court. we got the final answer from the u.s. supreme court. justice in favor of the church. many don t agree with their message, the members of the church are protected. there was one defending vote. tonight at 11:00, snider s reaction to the decision and what comes next. no doubt, this is our hot topic. did the high court make the right call when it comes to protestors and military funerals. the base realignment going on may be making it time to realign our thinking. the jobs are slowly coming. we have thousands out of work still. we have more on how harford is waiting for what they ve been promised. reporter: signs like this one advertise jobs in aberd
ere are a number of restaurants and ethnic food stores. what we re told, just after 6:30 tonight, patrons were shocked to hear screaming and commotion coming out of a vietnamese restaurant. when police offirs responded, there was something very disturbing. horrified diners and a woman who had been stabbed to death a 49-year-old man entered the restaurant and stabbed a 37-year-old woman that he knew. he subsequtly harmed himself. the woman was stabbed on the scene. the suspect was taken to the hospital and transported with life-threatening injuries. the suspect is expected to survive his injuries. he is expected to face murder charge doreen, back to you. sdp jackie bensen reporting from springfield. they sent out a crime alert this eveng after a young woman was raped last night in washington circle. that assault happened in an alley just off of pennsylvania northwest. there are a lot of security cameras covering that area because of its pximity to the embassy. police a