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The DUI Double Standard

By Lawrence Taylor

I’ve  written ad nauseum about the double standard that is pervasive when it comes to citizens accused or convicted of drunk driving.  See, for example, The DUI Exception to the Constitution.  The following news story is only the latest reflection of this neo-prohibitionist attitude: County Wants DUI Convicts to Pay for Jail Stay Tucson, AZ.  Sept. 6 — If Pima County officials have their way, more convicted drunken drivers will soon have to pay for the privilege of eating and sleeping at the county’s Adult Detention Center. Jail officials recently met with judges and top prosecutors to remind them that they have the authority to make convicted drunken drivers reimburse counties for the cost of locking them up — which the jail officials want them to do...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on September 07, 2009 (boomark / email).