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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Cars on Boston’s Storrow Drive. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Friday that driving with an open container is only punishable with a civil fine, not a criminal conviction. CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE ILLUSTRATION

Driving with open alcohol container in Massachusetts now a civil, not criminal, offense

Nathan Lederman February 26, 2020
Amid inconsistent interpretations of the law among courts in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court standardized the offense as a civil infraction in every case.
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