Texas Will Set Aside 1,200 DWIs

The poor judgment of a contractor working for a Texas Department of Public Safety has left 1,200 driving while intoxicated convictions completely invalid and the contractor in prison for at least a year. Deetrice Wallace has been convicted of falsifying inspections records for several Houston police departments and was prosecuted for three counts of tampering with a governmental record.
According to the assistant district attorney in charge of prosecuting the case, Wallace failed to change the reference sample in the machines every month and instead chose to manipulate the machines, skimming $146,000 off the top for herself. Her actions will allow …read more