The Nation - News from April 22, 1987

The Iowa House rejected a move to force convicted drunken drivers to apologize in their local newspapers. “We got away from the scarlet letter a long time ago,” Rep. Dan Jay said. Proponents had attempted to tack the requirement onto a measure updating Iowa’s drunken driving laws, but the move was defeated on a voice vote. The measure would have allowed a judge to order convicted drunk drivers to write a public apology to be published in their local newspaper with their picture.