ltheghost
Payin Debts.... N40
I've seen this story floating around...what do you guys think about it?
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/...t-gets-probation-after-parents-wealth-blamed/
A Texas judge agreed with defense attorneys’ claims that a 16-year-old who killed four people while driving drunk had been given whatever he wanted by his wealthy parents and had never learned to accept responsibility for his actions.
So she sentenced him to 10 years on probation, setting aside prosecutors’ request for a 20-year prison term after the teen pleaded guilty last week to four counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of intoxication assault causing serious bodily injury.
Court records show Ethan Couch had a blood-alcohol content of 0.24, more than three times the legal limit for an adult, when he slammed into four people who’d stopped to assist a stranded motorist June 15 alongside a narrow Tarrant County road.
All four pedestrians were killed, including a mother and daughter, and two of Couch’s friends were thrown from his pickup and severely injured.
Breanna Mitchell, whose SUV had broken down, was killed, along with two neighbors, Hollie and Shelby Boyles, who lived nearby and came out to help, and youth minister Brian Jennings, who stopped to assist.
Solimon Mohmand broke numerous bones and suffered internal injuries, and Sergio Molina was paralyzed and can communicate only by blinking his eyes.
Couch and his friends had stolen beer from a nearby Wal-Mart store before the crash, prosecutors said.
The teen’s attorneys never denied that Couch was driving the pickup or that he’d been drinking underage, but they argued that his parents should be held responsible for their son’s actions because of the way they’d raised him.
A psychologist testified that the teen’s parents had a volatile, unhealthy relationship and argued frequently in front of their son.
How does a judge even with a straight face give this type of judgement!?!?!!? WTF is going on!?!? Does money really have this much of an effect over the justice system where someone (even though he is a minor) kills 4 people while drunk driving and gets 10 years probation!?!?
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/...t-gets-probation-after-parents-wealth-blamed/
A Texas judge agreed with defense attorneys’ claims that a 16-year-old who killed four people while driving drunk had been given whatever he wanted by his wealthy parents and had never learned to accept responsibility for his actions.
So she sentenced him to 10 years on probation, setting aside prosecutors’ request for a 20-year prison term after the teen pleaded guilty last week to four counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of intoxication assault causing serious bodily injury.
Court records show Ethan Couch had a blood-alcohol content of 0.24, more than three times the legal limit for an adult, when he slammed into four people who’d stopped to assist a stranded motorist June 15 alongside a narrow Tarrant County road.
All four pedestrians were killed, including a mother and daughter, and two of Couch’s friends were thrown from his pickup and severely injured.
Breanna Mitchell, whose SUV had broken down, was killed, along with two neighbors, Hollie and Shelby Boyles, who lived nearby and came out to help, and youth minister Brian Jennings, who stopped to assist.
Solimon Mohmand broke numerous bones and suffered internal injuries, and Sergio Molina was paralyzed and can communicate only by blinking his eyes.
Couch and his friends had stolen beer from a nearby Wal-Mart store before the crash, prosecutors said.
The teen’s attorneys never denied that Couch was driving the pickup or that he’d been drinking underage, but they argued that his parents should be held responsible for their son’s actions because of the way they’d raised him.
A psychologist testified that the teen’s parents had a volatile, unhealthy relationship and argued frequently in front of their son.
How does a judge even with a straight face give this type of judgement!?!?!!? WTF is going on!?!? Does money really have this much of an effect over the justice system where someone (even though he is a minor) kills 4 people while drunk driving and gets 10 years probation!?!?
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