South Carolina Criminal Defense Blog

73 year old television evangelist evangelist Dr. William Crews was arrested and charged with driving under the influence this week in Dorchester County. He has maintained that he was not too drunk to drive and says he will fight the charge.

This is another example of how anyone can be charged with DUI - there but for the grace of God go I. The comments to the News 7 article I linked to also illustrates the guilty until proven innocent mentality when it comes to DUI's, throwing the presumption of innocence out of the window:

I don’t know anyone who would be dim-witted enough to believe his story. If you are charged with a DUI, there is obviously enough evidence to charge you. If you have not been given a field sobriety test, then they would have at least done a blow test or something. Sounds like he is not ready to give up his ministry as a Southern Baptist Pastor.

Obviously, if you are charged with a crime, there must be sufficient evidence. We've been doing it wrong all this time - who needs judges or juries when we've got police?