20 years ago I was one of those bar hopping college kids on the L.I. highways (Smitty’s, RumRunners, etc.) and more than a few times (ahem) I was clearly over the limit.
In the end, I grew up and stopped drinking and driving. Would a photo on a billboard reined me in sooner? Certainly, but so would the shame of an arrest in the first place.
But the point of the plastering is that it is punishment without conviction, and that is wrong. If the point of the publicity is humiliation, then it isn’t right to do so if the person is innocent.
We can argue the differences between innocent and not guilty but that is an obvious thread, which we all know the ending. However, it is still the basis of the criminal justice system, and cannot be ignored.
Once convicted? Sure, show the photos on public access cable, for all I care.
