On TV last night, WOAI claimed a scoop on today's new DWI plea deal, now there's coverage everywhere on this Big Bexar News: before today, plea bargains weren't offered in SA for DWI - driving drunk or more formally, Driving While Intoxicated - charges. District Attorney Susan Reed has changed the policy, and it's not an April Fool's joke.
Starting today, drivers with FIRST TIME DWI charges can avoid having this on their record, as well as the notoriously big hit on their pocketbook, by taking a quick plea to a lesser charge and entering into an agreement to do lots of stuff intended to alter the behavior that got them in this position.
Why is this happening? Overload - there's over 3500 of these cases on the books, and the system is bottlenecked.
And, yes, Fiesta officially kicks off in 17 days.
