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By: oldCADuser in FFFT | Recommend this post (0)
Fri, 13 Dec 13 4:37 AM | 53 view(s)
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So now any spoiled rich kid can get away with murder by making the argument that his parents failed to discipline him as a child.

Wonder what the verdict would have been if this kid had been from a poor minority family?




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Teen Who Killed 4 Avoids Jail
By: clo
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Fri, 13 Dec 13 4:02 AM
Msg. 58878 of 65535

Wait till you read this...

Teen Who Killed 4 Avoids Jail

A 16-year-old who killed four people in a drunk driving incident this summer was spared jail and sentenced to 10 years probation after his attorneys argued he suffered from "affluenza," a psychological condition due to his parents never teaching him right from wrong. Ethan Couch had a blood alcohol level of .24—triple the legal driving limit for an adult—and was on Valium when he lost control of his pick-up truck and crashed into a broken-down car on a rural road in Texas. Along with the four who died, 11 were injured and one remains paralyzed. In the trial, a psychologist argued Couch had "freedoms no young person should have," and he was estimated to have the emotional age of a 12-year-old.

Read it at ABC7 Chicago
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/12/12/beyond-affluenza-four-more-unusual-defense-strategies.html


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