I am going pro se in my superior court trial for dwi. Is it possible I could use this as part of my opening statement, before the jury.? DWI is a common crime. I am not trying to down play it's seriousness, but people from every walk of life have been found guilty of this crime. politians, doctors, lawyers, judges, sheriffs, chiefs of police, prosecutors, movie stars, and the list goes on. I ask you to give me the same impartial treatment you would give any of these groups. Be an independent thinker. Judge for yourself the facts in this case. Dont just go along with other peoples opinions, decide for yourself what is right and wrong, what is justice and what is an injustice. If you have doubts about my guilt voice them. Don't let anyone lead you around by the hand. Peer pressure is an awsome human failing. Look at teen peer pressure. A teen may have the finest of moral parents, and be seduced by their teen peers into doing things they have been taught were terrible wrongs. Determine for yourself what is the truth. Highway Patrolmen have been put under alot of pressure. There's alot of pressure on the courts to convict for DWI. Recent NC laws have ben passed to compell prosecutors to explain to judges there reason for any agreement to reduce charges or dismiss a DWI. Prosecutors have to file a written statement of those reasons and say what they could and could not prove and why any DWI was dismised or reduced, and send a copy to the NC Attorney General. Also the results, name of judges, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and defence attorneys will be posted on the internet Anyone can access these postings for free. While other public records cost. They must be saved there for ten years. It puts chilling effect on the rights of trial judges to render a decision which is legally correct but politically unpopular. (nc) Judges who are elected officials have been voted out of their seats when the soft on DWI card has been played on them during election campaigns. Each year Mrs. Jones the Clerk of Superior court sitting over there has to set up and keep seperate DWI Case records for ten years. Each year she has to prepair and to submit records to the NC Legislature. Her reports will name the judge, prosecuters, and defense attorneys involved on each DWI case, how the case was resolved, any punishment, and whether the case was appealed. Judges are supposed to rule without regard for the politically correctness of there decisions. Judges don't represent the views of people they represent the law. Every accused person from the lowest court in the land to the U.S. Supreme Court is intitled to impartiality before any judge. When a judges seat dangles on an election and where his record on DWI cases is under the scrutiny of a microscope. Ask yourself , can he be impartial. A lot of this political pressure is coming from mothers across the country who have had children and other family members killed by impaired drivers. All this is understandable. DWI laws should be strict, but where does that leave the few innocent people who are are convicted of DWI. I would be devastated if one of my 2 daughters or 3 grand daughters, any family or friend killed by an impaired driver. But i ask again what about the few who are innocent and convicted. Once the driving license is gone for a year or more how do they provide for their families. I won't get into police officers drawing blood, or the diabetics convicted when their bodies produce acetone ( same as fingernail polish remover) or the woman arrested DWI on a horse, or the farmer on a tractor in his own field drinking a beer arrested for DWI, ect., ect., ect.