16 year drives drunk and kills 4 people and gets sentenced...

[robertkey]

alcohol while driving is always dangerous if you are drunk you should opt not to drive take a taxi or ask someone else to drive

 

[KlokWyze]

Saw this on some Dr.Drew news show a couple days ago. Had a bad day, was disgusted at what little I saw and changed the channel.

Can't say that I am surprised. Blatant corruption. I don't fucking care. How much can I hear and continue to give a fuck?

 

[dabuddha]

alcohol while driving is always dangerous if you are drunk you should opt not to drive take a taxi or ask someone else to drive

Welcome to the forums! BTW I'd recommend not putting your address in your profile (I'm assuming that's your address?)

 

[smitbret]

Seems like the judge missed an opportunity to cure this "affluenza" by throwing him in the slammer, and instead just proved that money does solve everything.

So you want to make an example out of him because he is rich?

Sounds a little like discrimination to me.

Rich people will be rioting in the suburbs.

 

[zinfamous]

Welcome to the forums! BTW I'd recommend not putting your address in your profile (I'm assuming that's your address?)

lulz

 

[NFS4]

Victims' families in Texas 'affluenza' case outraged after teen avoids jail again

The families of victims who were injured or killed in a drunken-driving crash in Texas expressed outrage Wednesday after the teen driver who avoided jail time in the crash was ordered to go to a rehabilitation facility paid for by his parents.

State District Judge Jean Boyd again decided to give no jail time for Ethan Couch, defense attorney Reagan Wynn and prosecutors told reporters after the hearing, which was closed to the public. Prosecutors had asked Boyd to sentence him to 20 years in state custody on charges related to two people who were severely injured.

Couch was previously sentenced to 10 years' probation in the crash that killed four people in June 2013. The sentence stirred fierce debate, as has the testimony of a defense expert who says Couch's wealthy parents coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility. The expert termed the condition "affluenza."

Couch was 16 at the time of the accident. His blood-alcohol level was three times the legal limit for an adult and there were traces of Valium in his system when he lost control of his pickup truck and plowed into a group of people helping a woman whose car had stalled.

Seven passengers were riding in Couch's truck. One, Sergio Molina, is paralyzed and can communicate only by blinking. The other, Solimon Mohmand, suffered numerous broken bones and internal injuries.

After the hearing, family members of the victims told MyFoxDFW.com they were upset Couch again avoided jail time, and said they believed Couch got off easily because his parents were rich.

"Had he not had money to have the defense there, to also have the experts testify and also offer to pay for the treatment, I think the results would have been different," Eric Broyles, whose wife and daughter were killed, told the station.

"No amount of money or prestige or status is ever gonna grant them immunity to what they all chose for their life that caused this to our lives," said Marla Mitchell, whose daughter, Breanna, was killed.

Alexander Lemus, Molina's older brother, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram the judge's rulings are an injustice to his family.

"You’re drunk and high and you’ve got kids yelling at you to stop,” Lemus told the newspaper. “There should have been some time served. There should be repercussions and consequences for everything that you do.”

Wynn and prosecutor Richard Alpert would not identify the facility where Couch will go or where it is located. The teen's family previously had offered to pay for Couch to go to a $450,000-a-year rehabilitation center near Newport Beach, Calif.

Couch, who's currently in state custody, is expected to receive alcohol and drug rehab, and could face prison time if he runs away from the facility or violates any other terms of his probation, Alpert said.

There is no minimum amount of time Couch must spend in the facility before his release, prosecutor Riley Shaw said.

Wynn ripped the media and the public's focus on "affluenza" and said that his client was misunderstood.

He said reporting of the Couch case had "so twisted the facts that were actually presented in court that I don't think the truth will ever be able to come out now."

But Alpert accused Wynn of hypocrisy, pointing out that a defense witness made the comment in the first place.

"His witnesses don't say things by accident," Alpert said. "So they thought maybe that would help — that's my interpretation — and it blew up on them. It was a stupid thing to say."

Asking Boyd to give Couch jail time for intoxication assault was a last-ditch effort by prosecutors, who have said they have almost no way to appeal the judge's sentence in the case.

Alpert said he hoped the Couch case would lead the Texas Legislature to allow juries to sentence some juvenile defendants. The case has already spurred calls for potential changes. Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who serves as president of the Senate, has asked for a study of sentencing guidelines in intoxication manslaughter cases.

Six civil lawsuits that have been filed against Couch, his parents and the family's company, according to the Star-Telegram. Marla Mitchell, Breanna Mitchell’s mother, told the newspaper that no amount of money will allow Couch to escape his guilt.

“I don’t believe the world will ever take their eyes off him,” Mitchell said.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/0...-affluenza-case-outraged-at-no-jail-sentence/

 

[Mai72]

F*ckin nuts! How can anyone argue that the rich don't have special privileges compared to the poor/middle class when they find themselves in trouble. If this were to happen to anyone of us, we would be looking at 20+ years in jail.

I hope they sue the sh*t out of this guy and his family.

 

[shortylickens]

16 year drives drunk and kills 4 people and gets sentenced to probation. Well that and has to go to a 450k "counseling center" as punishment as well.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...4-drunken-crash-spared-jail-article-1.1544508

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/ethan-couch-sentenced_n_4426722.html

His attorney argued he had "Affluenza" and its not his fault as his parents are rich and they gave him to much. Mind you his blood alcohol level was .24.

So remember if you break the law try and be rich, different rules for you.


UPDATE:

Lawsuits are starting to come in. Parents and parents company also sued.

http://kfor.com/2013/12/16/victims-families-file-multimillion-dollar-lawsuits-against-affluenza-teen/

Good.
If criminal doesnt work, get justice through civil.


Thats how they punished OJ.

 

[shortylickens]

Welcome to the forums! BTW I'd recommend not putting your address in your profile (I'm assuming that's your address?)

Its a business address for a tech company.
Thats spam, not personal info.

 

[lord_emperor]

Article aside, I don't think any 16 year old should be punished for life unless it's like cold blooded murder. A lot of things change mentally from the time you are 16. A good harsh punishment for sure which is what this kid should have got but don't ruin their entire future for the next 60 + years they are alive like some here seem to want as that only causes them to do more stupid things as they age.

He killed four people, how many collective years did he ruin for them and their families? If this was just an accident caused by weather conditions then sure don't fuck his life; but the asshole got incredibly drunk and then drove.

200 years hard labour.

 

[holden j caufield]

no way he should get off so easily. But if they say his parents wealth is why he "suffers" for his bad judgement then they should be free to sue for everything his parents derived their wealth from, their company, llc etc. Someone should see if that judge was bribed and where his re election campaign money is coming from.

 

[kt]

Since wealth is the cause of his "affluenza". Let's cure his "affluenza" by removing the cause.

 

[z1ggy]

If money is the reason he killed four people.. Just take away all of the parents money and assests, plus all future money and assets (so he can't make this same silly mistake again) and give it to the victims families. Simple.

 

[Sonikku]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/1...ctims-families-report-says/?intcmp=latestnews

The family paid the fine and is now officially in the clear.

 

[Ns1]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/1...ctims-families-report-says/?intcmp=latestnews

The family paid the fine and is now officially in the clear.

money: might not fix everything, but sure does help.

 

[midwestfisherman]

Killed 4 people? Life in prison...or the death penalty.

Anything less is a travesty.

+1

 

[Jimzz]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/03/1...ctims-families-report-says/?intcmp=latestnews

The family paid the fine and is now officially in the clear.

Not yet; "some of the victims’ families"

They settled most but not all. Last family will either go to trial out of spite or get more than the first ones.

 

[Red Storm]

It's no wonder you have people clamoring for vigilante justice. This is what real "justice" looks like in a 1st world court of law.

 

[Red Squirrel]

It's really sad how the rich can buy justice and do anything they want.

 

[Kadarin]

This is just disgusting.

 

[Wreckem]

Not yet; "some of the victims’ families"

They settled most but not all. Last family will either go to trial out of spite or get more than the first ones.

They havent even settled most.

They have only settled with two of the 7 victims(or family of the victims). That leaves 5 victims(and their families) left. And it sounds like they have yet to settle the two most expensive claims(the two that survived but need 24/7 365 care) are yet to be settled.

The only disclosed settlement is to the person with the least injuries(there were four dead, 2 with injuries requiring around the clock car, and then the kid who settled). He settled for $114,000. The other settlement was the family of one of the dead. It is an undisclosed amount but probably less than $1million.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

I hope the parents end up not having a toilet to shit in.

 

[ThatsABigOne]

Fucking disgusting. There should be no settlement. Shoot that fucker in the knees and then in the head.

 

[88keys]

It's really sad how the rich can buy justice and do anything they want.

That's the free market. That's America.

If you want justice, pull yourself up by the bootstraps and get a job and buy your own justice instead of expecting the government to provide it for you!

 

[madoka]

WTF

Taxpayers are going to be paying for 95% of the Affluenza kid's treatment!?!?!

http://www.wnd.com/2014/04/outrage-erupts-over-tax-subsidies-for-affluenza-convict/