16-year-old boy killed four people while driving drunk

Ethan Couch, 16, of Keller, Texas, had faced 20 years behind bars but walked away with 10 years probation Tuesday



[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521743/Ethan-Couch-crash-Drink-driving-teen-killed-spared-jail-hes-rich.html[/url]

he was also ticketed by cops after being found driving a pickup at age 15 with a passed out naked 14 yr old girl in it.

[QUOTE=Kaspah]Reading that really pisses me off

It doesn't seem real though. How can you kill 4 people, injure many others, steal alcohol, and be driving under the influence and get off with 10 years of probation?

Shouldn't he be in prison the majority of his life?[/QUOTE]
Yeah if his skin color was darker, a lot darker and he was poor.

10 years probation? Wtf

Is the county attorney his relative?

[QUOTE=highwhey]10 years probation? Wtf

Is the county attorney his relative?[/QUOTE]

Its like that in Texas.

I know because I was born there

[QUOTE=boozehound]he was also ticketed by cops after being found driving a pickup at age 15 with a passed out naked 14 yr old girl in it.[/QUOTE]

Pics or it didn't happen, you know the drill man

[QUOTE=AintNoSunshine]Pics or it didn't happen, you know the drill man[/QUOTE]
:facepalm

That kid kinda look like Jeffrey Dahmer

that kid might turn out to be a ruthless criminal when he grows up.

he killed [B]FOUR[/B] people and he only got 10 year probation???

he ain't gonna be afraid of the law with penalties like that... like that zimmerman muthafugga.

i wish he just crashed into a tree and killed himself.

[QUOTE=AintNoSunshine]Pics or it didn't happen, you know the drill man[/QUOTE]
:oldlol:

Story is pretty sickening tho

[QUOTE=boozehound]he was also ticketed by cops after being found driving a pickup at age 15 with a passed out naked 14 yr old girl in it.[/QUOTE]


:biggums: :biggums: :biggums:

Wow. I can't believe that.

[QUOTE=iTare]Trees are also alive, Jameer. :facepalm[/QUOTE]
:oldlol:

it just shows how much life is worth

Natural selection bitches... poor people trying to help someone got killed by a winner. Nothing to see here.


[QUOTE]He'll be feeling the hand of God, definitely[/QUOTE]
:lol And this is why the world is a pile of shit.

If someone had the balls to put a bullet in that kid and the judge head's, world would be a better place, anyone doubt that?

He looks like King Joffrey

[QUOTE=Blue&Orange]Natural selection bitches... poor people trying to help someone got killed by a winner. Nothing to see here.



:lol And this is why the world is a pile of shit.

If someone had the balls to put a bullet in that kid and the judge head's, world would be a better place, anyone doubt that?[/QUOTE]

I get your point, there are many many people who deservr a bulltet in their heads. He deserves to be in jail for a long long time, just alone for taking advantage of a passed out naked girl.
Rick prick.

16 year olds are scary driving WHILE SOBER

a valium-alcohol mix on someone that age behind the wheel might as well be a 3 year old on a high seat driving



sigh, awful story...RIP

:(

Look, he SAID he was sorry.

The 4 people he killed must have been black or some other minorities

It sounds like he's getting 10 years in a treatment facility away from his parents... with the possibility of jail time if he doesn't comply with the court-imposed plan. Locking the kid up for 20 years just creates another tragedy and does nothing to bring back those lost.

[QUOTE=longhornfan1234]It sounds like he's getting 10 years in a treatment facility away from his parents... with the possibility of jail time if he doesn't comply with the court-imposed plan. Locking the kid up for 20 years just creates another tragedy and does nothing to bring back those lost.[/QUOTE]


he's not getting 10 years of treatment, he's gonna be on paper for 10 years.

If he screws up within the 10 years, the judge could impose jail time on the original crime.

I agree that locking the kid up doesn't do anything really, but in most instances, even if alcohol wasn't a factor, there would be jail time in a case like this.

This kid had a BAC of over .2 That's ridiculous for anyone, let alone a 16 year old kid.

I bet some money changed hands for this sentence. It's shocking. It's disgusting. The judge should step down from the bench after doling out that sentence. It REEKS of corruption.

I thought 17 was legal adult age...I didn't think 16 year-olds could even go to prison

he looks like he is 80 lbs, that kid would just be a sex rag doll in prison

[QUOTE=longhornfan1234]It sounds like he's getting 10 years in a treatment facility away from his parents... with the possibility of jail time if he doesn't comply with the court-imposed plan. Locking the kid up for 20 years just creates another tragedy and does nothing to bring back those lost.[/QUOTE]

Thats a very liberal thing to say

Diminished responsibility for being only 16 and out of control drunk.

We should start locking the parents up when these things happen. Your children, your responsibility. Don't want that responsibility, don't have children. This country is soft and off in all the wrong places, while some kid probably the same age as this one is doing just as many years of probation (if not in juvi until he's of legal age to be put in prison) for marijuana position...while walking. GTFOH America.

Wow, I thought shit like this only happens here...

[QUOTE=Loneshot][B]We should start locking the parents up [/B]when these things happen. Your children, your responsibility. Don't want that responsibility, don't have children. This country is soft and off in all the wrong places, while some kid probably the same age as this one is doing just as many years of probation (if not in juvi until he's of legal age to be put in prison) for marijuana position...while walking. GTFOH America.[/QUOTE]

You don't need to:
His legal defense was that he was [B]spoiled by his parents[/B]

[I]Couch didn

Disgusting. That judge needs to have their assets frozen and investigated. Did the dad pay the judge off? Families? Who does he know, has to be someone of importance. Reminds me of Boardwalk Empire.

I get busted with marijuana I'm doing 5 years. This scumbag piece of shyt kills 4 people and is free. Must be nice. :rolleyes:


[QUOTE=-p.tiddy-]16 year olds are scary driving WHILE SOBER

a valium-alcohol mix on someone that age behind the wheel might as well be a 3 year old on a high seat driving



sigh, awful story...RIP

:([/QUOTE]

Your state strikes again.

[QUOTE=moaz]You don't need to:
His legal defense was that he was [B]spoiled by his parents[/B]

[I]Couch didn’t literally get out of jail because he slipped the judge a check. But with 20 years of jail — yes, 20 years — looming as a possible punishment for Couch, his attorney had the brilliant idea of bringing in psychologist Dr. G. Dick Miller to testify on Couch’s behalf. Dr. Miller’s testimony on the stand focused on Couch’s wealth: [B]the teenager, he said, had grown up amid privilege and had often expected his money to get him out of trouble. Therefore, Couch did not have a basic understanding of consequences.[/B] [/I]

and From WFAA ABC:

[I] Miller said Couch’s parents gave him “freedoms no young person should have.” He called Couch a product of [B]“affluenza,”[/B] where his family felt that wealth bought privilege and there was no rational link between behavior and consequences.

He said Couch got whatever he wanted. As an example, Miller said Couch’s parents gave no punishment after police ticketed the then-15-year-old when he was found in a parked pickup with a passed out, undressed, 14-year-old girl.[/I][/QUOTE]

:roll: affluenza, what the f*ck is that and how does that get one off. Must be nice. And holy shyt at the previous run in. Probably took advantage of the chick. Scumbag.

So he gets off because he has no understanding of consequences for his actions...

Nice.... Thanks to the judge he still has no understanding of consequences for his actions

Scumbag shit indeed...but that defense attorney is probably rich as ****, dude pulled one sexy move to get the ol' boy off.

[QUOTE=DukeDelonte13]he's not getting 10 years of treatment, he's gonna be on paper for 10 years.

If he screws up within the 10 years, the judge could impose jail time on the original crime.

I agree that locking the kid up doesn't do anything really, but in most instances, even if alcohol wasn't a factor, there would be jail time in a case like this.

This kid had a BAC of over .2 That's ridiculous for anyone, let alone a 16 year old kid.

I bet some money changed hands for this sentence. It's shocking. It's disgusting. The judge should step down from the bench after doling out that sentence. It REEKS of corruption.[/QUOTE]

totally agreed. Got damn this story pisses me off.

[QUOTE=gts]So he gets off because he has no understanding of consequences for his actions...

Nice.... Thanks to the judge he still has no understanding of consequences for his actions[/QUOTE]

How about that. So his next run in with the law he could say the same thing and also use this judge as a reference.

[QUOTE=GOBB]How about that. So his next run in with the law he could say the same thing and also use this judge as a reference.[/QUOTE]
ha... yep..
Kid's attorney just added another contact in the kid's "people I blame for why I'm f*cked up" folder

[QUOTE=GOBB]
Your state strikes again.[/QUOTE]
yes, money has no impact on the legal system in the other 49 states...

[QUOTE=GOBB]How about that. So his next run in with the law he could say the same thing and also use this judge as a reference.[/QUOTE]

Nah, they'll let him burn the next time. I'm betting his old man pulled a pretty big favor so he won't have another to play. Not to mention the debt he owes to whoever set it all up with the court.

What's ridiculous is the reasoning behind the judges sentence was that the kid had never been punished properly. So I guess letting him off the hook again is the answer? :confusedshrug:

Thats messed up imo he deserves the death penalty

I feel we are way too reluctant in issuing death sentences in cases like this where guilt is clear.