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

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takeru

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/te...after-capture/ar-BBo0uX4?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp

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dawp

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from what I've read they screwed up big time by running, he most likely wouldn't have had his probation yanked from just the video. running almost guarantees it'll be pulled. plus his dear ol' mom will likely be charged too now.
 
Don Vito Corleone

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I would hope his sentence provided that he could be imprisoned if he violated his probation. No idea. I know he was sentenced in a closed proceeding and has only a juvenile conviction, so it may well be the case that he is not subject to much if any confinement no matter what he did.
 
Fanatical Meat

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Haha I just heard the end of a statement from the Sheriff he said they received some good leads from what he described as a "going away" party they held before they went missing.
 
midwestfisherman

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HeXen said:
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.
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He made the choice to drive drunk and took the lives of 4 people! Fry the little bastard!
 
BoomerD

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Ethan Couch already has a hearing scheduled on Jan. 19 to allow him to be treated as an adult rather than a juvenile. If he remains a juvenile in the eyes of the court, the longest sentence he could receive is four months in confinement.
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I hope to hell they're successful in getting him charged as an adult over this.

Sucking spoiled little fucker needs to do some serious jail time for his actions.

Being rich does not make a person above the laws...even though many rich people seem to think they are.
 
Fanatical Meat

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BoomerD said:
I hope to hell they're successful in getting him charged as an adult over this.

Sucking spoiled little fucker needs to do some serious jail time for his actions.

Being rich does not make a person above the laws...even though many rich people seem to think they are.
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Funny thing is from what I read if he gets transferred to the adult system there is tons of president he'll start with a clean slate. This doesn't mean the Sheriff's Parole guy couldn't be a complete ball buster and get him on something else (ultimately). The DA has no idea how he should go forward because he/she is afraid he could end up with no punishment.
 
BoomerD

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So...it turns out...Affluenza-boy's mom...is none other than the "comedian," Carrot Top!

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Coinky-dink? I think not... :colbert:
 
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takeru

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not surprised.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35216590

'Affluenza' teen: The lawyer taking on Ethan Couch's case

He has been called a rock star because of his track record in winning cases for high profile clients.

It is a label that lawyer Fernando Benitez finds amusing, but no doubt his latest client Ethan Couch will want a bit of rock star treatment to get him out of a hole.

Texan teenager Couch was sentenced to 10 years of probation for a drink-driving crash in which four people died more than two years ago.

But his trial drew widespread ridicule. His lawyers argued his wealthy parents had encouraged a sense of irresponsibility - a condition termed "affluenza".

Couch, 18, and his mother Tonya were detained on Monday by police in Mexico after they fled the US.

A US arrest warrant for Couch was issued earlier this month after he failed to report to his probation officer.

Aged 16 when he was arrested, Couch was sentenced by the juvenile court, but there has been talk as to whether, when he returns to the US, he could be tried as an adult.
Loved and loathed

Criminal defence lawyer Fernando Benitez is no stranger to controversy. He made his name in 2011 after successfully defending Tijuana's former mayor against weapons charges.

He then took on another controversial case, that of former US Marine Andrew Tahmooressi who was arrested in Mexico on weapons charges after he said he accidentally crossed over the border.

He was freed in 2014 after spending 214 days in a Mexican jail.

It was a case that offended many of his fellow Mexicans but, he said, Americans wanted to throw parties for Mr Benitez for what he achieved.

Now, he is seeing the opposite problem with Ethan Couch. Hate mail he has received labelled him a scumbag among other, unrepeatable names.

"I am pretty disappointed at some of the emails I've got," the lawyer tells me.

"They don't know anything about me. They don't know what I am doing."

For Mr Benitez, the crime Couch committed in the US is not important. He has committed no crime in Mexico. The Mexican authorities detained him last week on migratory issues instead.
Could he win?

Mr Benitez, who declined to say who is funding the case, took on Ethan Couch's case last Tuesday.

He filed what is called an "amparo", which is a sort of injunction that allowed Couch's deportation to be delayed.

The judge approved the stay and now all of the authorities involved in Couch's detention will have to explain how the actions they took were consistent with the law.

It is a process that could take up to two months, the lawyer believes. But what are the chances of winning the case?

"At this point, I honestly would not venture to give out odds on this," he says.

"I find it in poor taste. I think we need to get the response back from the authorities. Once I know what their position is, I can tell you if they are right or wrong."

First of all, he has to talk to his client. On Tuesday, Mr Benitez will meet with Ethan Couch and explain what the implications are and ask whether he is willing to spend several months in Mexico to fight his corner.

One thing though the lawyer is sure about - arguing against deportation will not work.

"The Mexican constitution provides for an executive order from the president where he can take any foreigner out without cause," he says.

"If the president deems it necessary to kick a foreigner out of Mexico, he can do it on his authority, no trial, no judge, nothing."

Mexico and the US have had an extradition treaty since 1978 but Benitez says he knows why it has not been used in this case.

"It would be a tough sell for the US to tell Mexico, you know what, this man was tried as a juvenile, pled guilty, was handed down his sentence and now 5 years later we don't think the sentence is fair and we want to retry him as an adult," he says.

"Mexico is never going to go along with that."
Deportation or extradition

"They said this guy didn't stamp his passport on the point of entry so we are going to kick him out," he says.

"In a sense, what is happening is that they are using deportation in lieu of extradition. I'll bet you a million dollars that 99.9% of the tourists in Puerto Vallarta as we speak did not stamp their passport - are you going to deport all of them too?"

And that, he expects, will be the basis of any argument to help Ethan Couch.

"We need to raise a new argument, an innovative argument to say deportation is not really deportation in this case - there's an extradition disguised as a deportation here.

"He's not being expelled because he didn't stamp his passport. He's being expelled because the Americans are waiting for him to subject him to a criminal trial."

For those who question how Mr Benitez can sleep at night, he reassures them.

"I sleep like a baby," he says. "You can't appease everybody so I am going to appease myself and I am going to do what I think is right.

"I have more experience than most people in dealing with what's right and wrong so I am going to let my own moral compass be the guide."
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ponyo

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I read his dad owns a metal roofing company with annual revenue of about 10 million dollars. So his dad probably clears about $1-2 million a year. So they're well off but not insanely rich.
 
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