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DA's Association: 'Juice ain't worth the squeeze' on DWI license suspensions

The Austin Statesman earlier this week, reporting in conjunction with KVUE-TV, published a pair of articles (see here and here, and also KVUE's story) on the rise of occupational licenses for people with administrative license suspensions for DWI and other offenses. I was fascinated in particular to see our friends at the Texas District and County Attorneys Association come out in favor of eliminating license revocations altogether:Some critics say taking a person's license upon arrest causes the state to spend millions each year in appeal hearings and other administrative costs ? some place the estimates at $3 million ? and can ultimately damage criminal cases."I guess the simplest way to put it is that the juice ain't worth the squeeze," said Shannon Edmonds , an attorney who works in the government relations office for the Texas District and County Attorneys Association...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 18, 2010 (boomark / email).