Chicago DUI lawyer comments on MADD's desire to shun those charged with DUI

This Chicago DUI lawyer has posted here, here, and here about the "Scarlet Letter" of DUI. Now comes the news that MADD really wants DUI offenders to get the complete Hester Prynne treatment.

January 14, Cleveland, OH

The local Mothers Against Drunk Driving group is upset that Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason rode in a car with a man arrested for drunken driving.

Mason, the top enforcer of justice in Cuyahoga County, was a passenger Dec. 30 when Parma City Councilman Tom Regas -- who also serves as Mason's campaign treasurer -- was charged with drunken driving near Mason's home in Seven Hills.

MADD in Northeast Ohio is disappointed because Mason and his office work hard to jail intoxicated drivers and especially those who kill people, Executive Director Julie Leggett said.

"Him being in a vehicle is not something we would have expected," Leggett said of Mason. "It's an unfortunate situation. The outcome could have been very tragic."

"If I had any idea he was intoxicated, I'd have got a cab," Mason said in an interview with Plain Dealer editorial writer Christopher Evans. "I know the impression is out there that he and I were yukking it up, getting hammered. That's not what happened."

Did you notice that MADD is upset because the prosecutor was along for the ride? Equally significant, did you notice that the prosecutor didn't think his buddy was impaired? It's going to be pretty interesting when the prosecutor get's called as an eyewitness in this case don't you think?