Texas County Will Use Twitter To Publish Drunk Drivers' Names

alphadogg contributes this snippet from Network World: "If you get busted for drunk driving in Montgomery County, Texas, this holiday season, your neighbors may hear about it on Twitter. That's because the local district attorney's office has decided to publish the names of those charged with driving while intoxicated between Christmas and New Year's Eve. County Vehicular Crimes Prosecutor Warren Diepraam came up with the idea as a way of discouraging residents from getting behind the wheel while drunk. 'It's not a magic bullet that's going to end DWIs, but it's something to make people think twice before they get behind the wheel of a car and drive while they're intoxicated,' he said."

Comments

Re:What? No Due Process?

[Acid-Duck]

When someone is charged with a DUI, there really isn't any questions about if they were drunk or not. If they get away with an innocent verdict, it just means they know how to work the system (or, I guess every so often, someone might be victim of a faulty machine however these are calibrated/tested before every use).

Re:"Innocent until proven guilty"

[Golddess]

Way to put words in people's mouths dumbass. ClintJCL never said diabetics who can't control their condition should be allowed to drive even at the endangerment of others. No, he simply said that they should not be charged with a DUI. It's hardly emotional to believe that the punishment should fit the crime.

Probably very few

[ClosedSource]

I've never met anyone with the name "HISPANIC".