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The Nassau County government, in Long Island, tried an experiment they claimed was to reduce the incidence of drunk driving. They created a “Wall of Shame”, so that as people were stopped and arrested for drunk driving, the photos of those people were posted on line, and the county also encouraged media outlets to post the photos.
A court ruled yesterday against the practice. The Nassau County Executive changed the program to only post photos of people who are convicted. Victory for justice and innocent-until-proven-guilty.a
Newsday article below. Also, the link to one of the wilderside stories. We were right.
Wall of shame, dwi, drunk driving, Nassau, Alexandra Bursac — Newsday.com
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For a sample of the wilderside commentary which scolded Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi for the Wall of Shame go: here.
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