DUI Arrests Now on Twitter
In another amazing affront to our country’s bedrock principle “innocent until proven guilty”, the Texas District Attorney is now posting DUI arrestees on Twitter. It’s not as if he’s posting the names of those convicted of DUI on the popular on-line social network, but he’s actually posting the names of those who have only been arrested for the charge. Well that seems fair…I mean, as a California DUI defense attorney, I never see anyone get falsely arrested for driving under the influence. HA!
Unfortunately, it’s not at all uncommon for the police to falsely accuse and wrongly arrest those they suspect of drunk driving. There are a wide variety of DUI defenses that exonerate those who the police arrest. In fact, I can think of at least 20 California DUI defenses just off the top of my head. These defenses effectively challenge officer’s observations, DUI chemical blood and breath test results, field sobriety tests (“FSTs”)…EVERY aspect of a DUI investigation and arrest.
Although publicly humiliating those arrested for DUI isn’t a new or novel concept, it invites severe repercussions for those who are falsely accused. But since when has that been a prosecutor’s concern…
