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Furthering The Scarlet Letter of DUI

By Aaron

Under the current statutes it is already impossible to remove a DUI from your record by seeking a Vacation of Conviction. Now Washington State seeks to further punish those convicted of DUI.Drunk drivers in Washington state could soon have their own Scarlet Letter in the form of a fluorescent yellow license plate.In Olympia today, the Senate Transportation Committee is meeting to discuss a bill that would require some drivers convicted of DUI to drive only a vehicle that has front and rear yellow license plates for a year once their driving privileges are restored."Obviously I am opposed to drunken drivers. I think everyone is," Washington Sen. Weinstein said. "But I don't think this is going to solve anything, and it will have the unintended consequence of embarrassing a lot of innocent people...continue to full post

Full post as published by Washington State Criminal Defense on February 12, 2008 (boomark / email).