drunk cac kills 4 people in car accident and avoids prison due to 'affluenza'

Trill Clinton · 12-12-2013

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/ethan-couch-sentenced_n_4426722.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

A 16-year-old avoided spending time in prison for killing four people in a car accident in June after the judge bought his lawyers' argument that he was the victim of wealth.

CBSDFW reports that Ethan Couch was sentenced to 10 years probation for the drunk driving crash that ended the lives of youth pastor, Brian Jennings; Hollie and Shelby Boyles; and Breanna Mitc .

Prosecutors asked that Couch serve 20 years in prison. His blood alcohol level was .24, three times the legal limit for an adult.

Psychologist G. Miller testified for the defense that Couch suffered from "affluenza," a condition in which "his family felt that wealth bought privilege and there was no rational link between behavior and consequences," KHOU reported.

Miller said Couch's parents never punished him for his behavior, even when, in a separate incident, cops found him passed out in a car with a naked 14-year-old girl.

As part of his sentence, Couch will be sent to a private counseling center that costs $450,000, which will be paid for by his father.

Money and privilege has helped defendants avoid serious prison time for violent crimes before.

In a particularly clear example, cited by journalist Glenn Greenwald, hedge fund manager Martin Joel Erzinger served just 90 days in jail after driving the car that seriously injured a bicyclist and fled the scene of the accident in 2010.

The district attorney in the case charged Erzlinger with two misdemeanors instead of a felony, noting that "felony convictions have some pretty serious job implications for someone in Mr. Erzinger's profession."

Hat tip: Gawker

another article with the pictures of the victims

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-hes-rich.html

UZER · 12-12-2013

Originally Posted by Trill Clinton

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/11/ethan-couch-sentenced_n_4426722.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

A 16-year-old avoided spending time in prison for killing four people in a car accident in June after the judge bought his lawyers' argument that he was the victim of wealth.

CBSDFW reports that Ethan Couch was sentenced to 10 years probation for the drunk driving crash that ended the lives of youth pastor, Brian Jennings; Hollie and Shelby Boyles; and Breanna Mitc .

Prosecutors asked that Couch serve 20 years in prison. His blood alcohol level was .24, three times the legal limit for an adult.

Psychologist G. Miller testified for the defense that Couch suffered from "affluenza," a condition in which "his family felt that wealth bought privilege and there was no rational link between behavior and consequences," KHOU reported.

Miller said Couch's parents never punished him for his behavior, even when, in a separate incident, cops found him passed out in a car with a naked 14-year-old girl.

As part of his sentence, Couch will be sent to a private counseling center that costs $450,000, which will be paid for by his father.

Money and privilege has helped defendants avoid serious prison time for violent crimes before.

In a particularly clear example, cited by journalist Glenn Greenwald, hedge fund manager Martin Joel Erzinger served just 90 days in jail after driving the car that seriously injured a bicyclist and fled the scene of the accident in 2010.

The district attorney in the case charged Erzlinger with two misdemeanors instead of a felony, noting that "felony convictions have some pretty serious job implications for someone in Mr. Erzinger's profession."

Hat tip: Gawker

another article with the pictures of the victims

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-hes-rich.html

Well apparently they were right.
What a joke

Suspect · 12-12-2013

Trill wouldn't of cared if it was a black kid

, he probably would of been that black kid tbh

chunticakes · 12-12-2013

Originally Posted by Suspect

Trill wouldn't of cared if it was a black kid

, he probably would of been that black kid tbh

this.

Trainwreck2100 · 12-12-2013

so the court has ruled it's the parents fault for his actions. I hope the families of the victims clean said parents out in civil court

Trill Clinton · 12-12-2013

trill stop making fun of us sawms and make fun of minorities like the rest of us!

Bill_Brasky · 12-12-2013

Originally Posted by Trainwreck2100

so the court has ruled it's the parents fault for his actions. I hope the families of the victims clean said parents out in civil court

yeah. break those ers.

Bill_Brasky · 12-12-2013

Originally Posted by Trill Clinton

trill stop making fun of us sawms and make fun of minorities like the rest of us!

let he who is without sin etc etc

Chingo Bling · 12-12-2013

Don't get mad to him because you chop at Big Lots. Pobre pendejo grew up getting trophys for showing up to school. Get mad to the parents. Those vavosos raised a pu o for a son. They need to go to prison and then have puto jr.'s feria cut off.

Katherine Robinson · 12-12-2013

Originally Posted by Trill Clinton

trill stop making fun of us sawms and make fun of minorities like the rest of us!

The astronaumically rich are a geneus minority. When you have the net worth of everybody on this forum and multiply that by 100, you transcend racial bias.

Spur|n|Austin · 12-12-2013

What a joke. The legal system sure has it's flaws more so than not.

HarlemHeat37 · 12-12-2013

What an ugly-ass kid, too, tbh..smh..

baseline bum · 12-12-2013

Originally Posted by Trill Clinton

Money and privilege has helped defendants avoid serious prison time for violent crimes before.

Oh, Gee!! · 12-12-2013

Knock out game is worse

Chingo Bling · 12-12-2013

Originally Posted by Oh, Gee!!

Knock out game is worse

Por eso you cant tell white people chit. They see you doing something then they have to take it up a notch. They see the Native Americans living off the land and having a great time then they go in and kill them all and take the land. They see black people that love to pick cotton... they put theblack people in shains and make them pick the cotton so the white man can make Polo chirts. They see the Mexicanos eating tacos and they go and open up Taco bell and make chitty tacos.
You can't chow white people nothing, they yust it up.

The Gemini Method · 12-13-2013

Sad thing is: Growing up in SoCal allows me to understand the Spanglish in post above...

Jacob1983 · 12-13-2013

10 years probation is a steal when you basically commit vehicular manslaughter. That piece of should have gotten at least 10 to 25 years.

Rogue · 12-13-2013

money is ing power and you never see a big name serving any prison time unless he's really dumb as (like Mike Tyson). Most celebrities get away with whatever crime they do imho, like they can avoid tax, rape or gangbang a , molest a kid etc..., and all types of , and will always buy themselves freedom, paying the victims big bucks and shut them all up imho.