Thread: 4 dead, 2 seriously injured, no jail time

Lawyers for Ethan Couch, 16, had argued that the teen's parents should share a part of the blame for the crash because they never set limits for the boy and gave him everything he wanted.

According to CNN affiliate WFAA, a psychologist called by the defense described Couch as a product of "affluenza."
He reportedly testified that the teen's family felt wealth bought privilege, and that Couch's life could be turned around with one to two years of treatment and no contact with his parents.

Texas teen Ethan Couch gets 10 years' probation for deadly DWI crash - CNN.com

The defence asked that Couch be sent to a private rehabilitation facility in California, which costs $450,000 a year. Couch's father said he'd foot the bill.

Rich kid Ethan Couch who killed four in Texas spared jail by State District Judge Jean Boyd | News.com.au

I am wondering if maybe the judge has received campaign contributions from the Couch family for the 2014 election...

The civil verdict against these people will be MASSIVE. They will lose their 1% status, no doubt in my mind.

He reportedly testified that the teen's family felt wealth bought privilege,

Apparently he was right.

Looks like there's an outbreak of affluenza.

Originally Posted by dex71

Looks like there's an outbreak of affluenza.

It's a disease.

What Is Affluenza ?

Proponents of the term consider that the prizing of endless increases in material wealth may lead to feelings of worthlessness and dissatisfaction rather than experiences of a 'better life', and that these symptoms may be usefully captured with the metaphor of a disease. They claim some or even many of those who become wealthy will find the economic success leaving them unfulfilled and hungry only for more wealth, finding that they are unable to get pleasure from the things they buy and that increasingly material things may come to dominate their time and thoughts to the detriment of personal relationships and to feelings of happiness.[2]

Affluenza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Originally Posted by PvtPrivate

So they are saying hes greedy?

No, that he has suffered psychologically because he always gets what he wants. His parents failed to teach him that there are consequences for his actions.

Even more bullshit:

A 14-year-old Fort Worth boy has been sentenced to 10 years in a juvenile jail for killing a stranger with a single unprovoked punch.

Texas teen sentenced to 10 years for deadly punch | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

One punch=10 years. Stealing booze, getting drunk 3 times past the legal limit, going 30 miles over the speed limit and kill 4 people=probation.

wow, apparently money trumps justice....


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