October 29, 2007

GET ARRESTED FOR DUI AND HAVE YOUR NAME DRAGGED IN THE MUD.

In some counties, there is a trend toward a “DUI Awareness Campaign,” whereby individuals arrested for driving under the influence have their names posted in the local paper for all of the community to read. Such postings are done for no regard to the amount of evidence obtained by law enforcement to prosecute said individuals, let alone the outcome of the individual cases. For example, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office named 25 individuals arrested for DUI on October 9, 2007, and has no plans to release the names of individuals on that list who are subsequently acquitted of the charge.

-William Ryan Moore, Esq.