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January 09, 2006

ACLU report to challenge R.I. drunk-driving fatality rate

PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union plans a 10 a.m. press conference today to release a report that it says "challenges recent, highly-publicized claims about Rhode Island's high alcohol fatality accident rate and the accompanying push for punitive drunk-driving legislation."

After a study showed that Rhode Island had the highest proportion of alcohol-related fatalities in the country for the fourth year in a row, House leaders in the General Assembly in November publicly pledged to back tougher laws to punish those who refuse a drunk-driving test breath test.

The news conference will be at the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Association of Rhode Island, 260 West Exchange St., Suite 301, in Providence.

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