The families of victims who were injured or killed in a drunken-driving crash in Texas expressed outrage Wednesday after the teen driver who avoided jail time in the crash was ordered to go to a rehabilitation facility paid for by his parents.
State District Judge Jean Boyd again decided to give no jail time for Ethan Couch, defense attorney Reagan Wynn and prosecutors told reporters after the hearing, which was closed to the public.
Prosecutors had asked Boyd to sentence him to 20 years in state custody on charges related to two people who were severely injured.
Couch was previously sentenced to 10 years' probation in the crash that killed four people in June 2013. The sentence stirred fierce debate, as has the testimony of a defense expert who says Couch's wealthy parents coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility. The expert termed the condition "affluenza."
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I recall reading recently about how some Mesicans had grown tired of a lack of Justice and had taken matters into their own hands when faced with criminal behavior and impotent, inept and corrupt government/police. We subjects of the former USA are laboring under the delusion that we have a justice system when in all provable reality we have a legal system.
ReplyDeleteWhen responsible people have had enough, certain judges, criminals, school administrators and other folks of the ruling classes will start having their houses burned or asses kicked.
If this lil turret had hurt a member of my family, suing his family would not be near enough.
Useful idiots. They should read their history.
DeleteAs George Carlin noted, "It's a big club...and you ain't in it."
ReplyDeleteI agree with the previous commenter that this kind of nonsense will stop only when the politically connected criminal class and their enablers face direct and immediate social consequences for their actions.
The call for this seems to have gained momentum, not that it is surprising.
DeleteThe victims of Ethan Couch are double victims because of the judge's sentence. North Carolina has many issues with justice -- laws are not strict nor enforced, and there are systemic problems. I'm currently trying to garner public support to help ensure justice in my husband's case, a highly decorated soldier who was nearly killed in our front yard in Fayetteville. Our story is at braggwife.blogspot.com and I desperately want to help others avoid becoming future victims of this sort of preventable and senseless tragedy. How can we unite and make a difference?
ReplyDeleteThat's a shame and I'll make a separate post of this. Thanks. I went to basic at Bragg, by the way.
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