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Virginia Jails People for Even Smelling Like Alcohol

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A class-action lawsuit accuses cops and prosecutors of locking up people as ‘habitual drunkards’ after placing them on a secret blacklist that bans them from booze.

M.L. Nestel

Published Mar. 16 2016 12:01AM EDT

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M.L. Nestel

M.L. Nestel

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