That "affluenza" brat — Page 2
Posted: 12/28/15 at 10:20pm
The blame rests entirely with the moronic judge who should be removed from the bench immediately. You cannot fault the defense attorney as he was doing his best for his client. This is not, nor will it be the last , the only guilty as sin person to get off with a wrist slap.
Posted: 12/28/15 at 10:49pm
Mr Roxy said: "The blame rests entirely with the moronic judge who should be removed from the bench immediately. You cannot fault the defense attorney as he was doing his best for his client. This is not, nor will it be the last , the only guilty as sin person to get off with a wrist slap."
The judge retired almost right after this case. There was public outrage from the public to have the (R) Governor remove the (R) Judge from her bench and he wouldn't do that. She retired almost immediately after and received her full pension. She also sentenced another teen to a very harsh sentence for the manslaughter of one person. That teen didn't have the financial ability to retain an attorney.
His lack of a prison sentence is entirely at the fault of the judge but it is the spoiled brat/murderer who is to blame for the death of 4 people and paralyzingly and brain damaging another.
Posted: 12/28/15 at 11:38pm
The kid first. The judge and parents are tied for 2nd
Posted: 12/28/15 at 11:39pm
The mother is the character to be explored in the eventual book and/or film of this tale. Her motives and motivations, her denial, her commitment to enabling are the story. If the court said the child's sense of entitlement inspired/provoked the lack of empathy and compassion, then the person who needs the focus and spotlight is this mother, and possibly the father (should he be revealed to be equally culpable).
Posted: 12/28/15 at 11:54pm
I don't know how the spoiler thing got at the top of my post. I knew we had that option now but I've never used it and don't know how... Anyway!
I can't believe they fled to f**king Puerto Vallarta! That shows their ignorance and "affluenza" right there. They (one) flee to Mexico where there is extradition and (two) choose a popular resort town during the holidays....
I I hope the kid finally does hard time. How does breaking probation work? Can they say since he broke his probation AND fled the Country that he has to serve the rest of his sentence in Prison?
Posted: 12/29/15 at 1:27am
To bad it was not Acapulco where he would have had to fight for his life to simply survive. Acapulco is rapidly turning into a very dangerous place due to the drug gangs.
Posted: 12/29/15 at 1:40am
I seriously hope this kid AND his mom, experience some serious jail time. Affluenza my arse !
Posted: 12/29/15 at 1:58am
Look at him just leisurely strolling through his arrest and into the cop car, no cuffs, no shackles.
Posted: 12/29/15 at 9:24am
Yesterday in America was tinged with irony: Tamir Rice's immediate fate vs. Ethan Couch's attenuated one. I'm waiting for the memes, all earned and deserved.
Updated On: 12/29/15 at 09:24 AM
Posted: 12/29/15 at 10:55am
Money talks.
Posted: 12/29/15 at 12:04pm
He didn't get sentenced as an adult so the most he'll get is juvey. THEN she'll sue cos she has been condemned in the public eye tainting a potential jury pool. They got the bucks to play the game so they'll win. G*d bless the U.S.A.
Posted: 12/29/15 at 1:01pm
He won't do juvey, he is now 18. I am sure they will try to give him jail time. He broke this law as an adult. Going to be an interesting court case, I am sure.
Posted: 12/29/15 at 1:18pm
In TX you're under juvenile law until you are 19.
He turns 19 on April 11, so technically he could just end up with just a couple of months in juvey.
The prosecutors are of course moving to have this treated in adult court, and I can't imagine a judge disagreeing but tbh I don't know what's gonna happen anymore.
The entire "affluenza" defense, and the fact that it actually worked, is a disgrace.
Posted: 12/29/15 at 1:24pm
Yes, it is a disgrace to the nth degree! It just says loud and clear that the Justice system is employed by the rich. I do hope Momma gets her ass thrown in jail as well.
Posted: 12/29/15 at 3:56pm
The maximum he can get is 120 days in adult jail.
From CNN:
As of now, the most severe punishment Couch could face is 120 days in adult jail, Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson said at a press conference Tuesday.
The district attorney explained the dilemma she faces at a news conference Tuesday:
-Ethan Couch was sentenced as a juvenile and violated his probation as ordered by juvenile court system.
-Under Texas law, Couch, now 18, would be punished for his violation in the juvenile system.
-The maximum sentence that a juvenile judge can dish out for a violation of his juvenile probation is imprisonment in a juvenile facility until Couch turns 19, which is April 11, 2016.
-The DA wants to transfer Couch's sentence to adult court. But since this violation happened in the juvenile system, Couch effectively would start with a clean slate in the adult probation system. That is, the adult court judge could not punish Couch for violations he committed as a juvenile.
-At the time a judge reassesses Couch's probation in the adult system, he has the power to put Couch in adult jail for a maximum of 120 days.
Updated On: 12/29/15 at 03:56 PM
Posted: 12/29/15 at 4:01pm
Tag said: "The maximum he can get is 120 days in adult jail.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the 120 days is for fleeing the Country. If the judge rules he is to stay in juvenile court he would only serve time for both fleeing and his probation violation until he turns 19 and then is set free. Which would mean the prosecutors would probably not charge him and he would go back to finishing his 10 years probation and if he screws up again could face up to 40 years. If the judge rules that they will move this to adult court then he could be forced to finish out his sentence in Prison for violating his probation.
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Posted: 12/29/15 at 4:26pm
He still had the probated 10 years hanging over his head.
He could end up in jail for the remainder after his 3 or so months in juvey are completed.
But I don't see how a judge would keep this out of adult court.
Then again, as I said earlier, reason seems to have left the building these days. So who knows.
Posted: 12/29/15 at 4:51pm
And we are talking Texas.
Posted: 12/29/15 at 5:15pm
I hope they get everything bad coming to them. I think it's hilarious how they tried to flee the country, but got caught anyway. Talk about stupid.
Posted: 12/29/15 at 5:54pm
People this spoiled could never exist off the grid. It was never a question of if they'd get caught, but how long they would last outside of their little bubble.
Updated On: 12/29/15 at 05:54 PM
Posted: 12/29/15 at 6:13pm
These people are sociopaths. Plain and simple.
Posted: 12/29/15 at 7:25pm
I'm the first to say, "Don't blame the parents." This time, blame the parents. Throw the book at this woman. She could get 2 to 10 years. She surely must serve some of it. She more than thumbed her nose at the law; she was proven to be an enabling liar. It's not her "fault" the drunken adolescent killed 4 people; everything since decidedly is, and her adventure in Mexico -- aside from being delusional, indeed pathological -- proves she is the one who has no concept of "consequences." If Leona Helmsley said "the little people pay taxes," this woman feels "the little people serve time for manslaughter." She should be thrown in the big house. If she is punished, the kid's safety net is gone.
Posted: 12/29/15 at 7:30pm
Even if he gets 4 months in jail, he will get a rude awakening. He may be a marked man in jail. Mommy will not be around to help.
Once he gets out, he will screw up again and will get treated as an adult which he never will be in real life.
Updated On: 12/29/15 at 07:30 PM
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