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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:32:20 AM EDT
[#1]
No worries, he will violate that parole within 6 months of getting out of rehab. Hopefully he doesn't kill anyone else.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:32:59 AM EDT
[#2]
Needs to be walked up to the gallows.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:33:06 AM EDT
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and get 10 years probation. No jail time. http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/12/teen-sentenced-to-10-years-probation-in-drunken-driving-crash-that-killed-four-in-burleson.html/ 16 year old kid, with a blood alcohol level 3 times the legal limit for an adult, kills 4 people and injures 11 others. Judge, who is retiring at the end of this year, sentences the kid to 10 years probation. The kid, Ethan Couch, comes from a very well to do family. Color me shocked |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:33:15 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:34:21 AM EDT
[#5]
"very well to do family"
judge got paid |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:35:11 AM EDT
[#6]
That's not survivable. Kid should be dead too.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:35:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Color me shocked Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: and get 10 years probation. No jail time. http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2013/12/teen-sentenced-to-10-years-probation-in-drunken-driving-crash-that-killed-four-in-burleson.html/ 16 year old kid, with a blood alcohol level 3 times the legal limit for an adult, kills 4 people and injures 11 others. Judge, who is retiring at the end of this year, sentences the kid to 10 years probation. The kid, Ethan Couch, comes from a very well to do family. Color me shocked |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:39:03 AM EDT
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he and seven other teens piled into Couch’s red Ford F-350 and sped down Burleson- Retta Road, driving 70 mph in a 40 mph zone. A little bit more than just "driving drunk." |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:41:33 AM EDT
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Originally posted by Billy Ray Valentine:
it occurs to me that the best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people One thing that has me baffled is, the parents basically paid a psychologist to testify that their bad parenting led to their son's reckless behavior. How can that not come back to rape them in the subsequent civil suits that will follow? 4 deaths, 11 injuries one of which is a person who is a quadriplegic because of the "accident." The truck the kid was driving was registered to the father's company. There is no way a civil jury won't bend them over and shove the entire courthouse up their... well, I'm getting a bit graphic now. But, this can't, and shouldn't, end well for the Couch family. |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:43:31 AM EDT
[#10]
Am I in before the DWI is a victimless crime people?
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:45:19 AM EDT
[#11]
A 16 year olds personal vehicle was a F-350?
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:45:31 AM EDT
[#12]
He was also cited for underage drinking earlier this year: http://www.wfaa.com/news/crime/Teenage-driver-involved-in-deadly-crash-had-prior-alcohol-citations-212577071.html
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:48:15 AM EDT
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Short of murder or violent felonies, it's pretty rare for a juvenile to get prison time in my AO. YMMV.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:49:28 AM EDT
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A 16 year olds personal vehicle was a F-350? I'd bet $1 he is one of those dickheads that likes to blow smoke all over the place. It makes sense now. |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:51:01 AM EDT
[#15]
I hope the entire family ends up living in a cardboard box. The chance of the kid making the first month of his probation period is pretty much zero.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:52:51 AM EDT
[#16]
I'm sure the killer and his parents are incapable of shame but I'm glad to see the Daily Mail naming them anyway.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521743/Ethan-Couch-crash-Drink-driving-teen-killed-spared-jail-hes-rich.html |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 7:59:52 AM EDT
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I'm sure the killer and his parents are incapable of shame but I'm glad to see the Daily Mail naming them anyway. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521743/Ethan-Couch-crash-Drink-driving-teen-killed-spared-jail-hes-rich.html Quote HistoryQuoted:
I'm sure the killer and his parents are incapable of shame but I'm glad to see the Daily Mail naming them anyway. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521743/Ethan-Couch-crash-Drink-driving-teen-killed-spared-jail-hes-rich.html Hollie Boyles, 52; and her daughter Shelby Boyles, 21 I hope Mr. Boyles is a very forgiving man. I would not be. |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:01:39 AM EDT
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I didn't know that being from a rich family was actually a viable defense
wfaa.com Miller said Couch's parents gave him "freedoms no young person should have." He called Couch a product of "affluenza," 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. Miller also pointed out that Couch was allowed to drive at age 13. He said the teen was emotionally flat and needed years of therapy. Seems like the family is going to get ripped a new one by the civil suits though, one kid is in a coma and there are other families too. |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:01:41 AM EDT
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I hope Mr. Boyles is a very forgiving man. I would not be. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'm sure the killer and his parents are incapable of shame but I'm glad to see the Daily Mail naming them anyway. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521743/Ethan-Couch-crash-Drink-driving-teen-killed-spared-jail-hes-rich.html Hollie Boyles, 52; and her daughter Shelby Boyles, 21 I hope Mr. Boyles is a very forgiving man. I would not be. I would not be, either. And I would not hope Mr. Boyles was. |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:04:51 AM EDT
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The jury must have gotten their instructions from district attorney Rosemary Lehmberg up here in Austin.
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/austin-texas-district-attorney-rosemary-lehmberg-resign-dui-21159650 |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:05:34 AM EDT
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A 16 year olds personal vehicle was a F-350? Quote HistoryQuoted:
A 16 year olds personal vehicle was a F-350? A civil suit from one of the families says that the truck belonged to the father's company. link The suit seeks up to $20 million in damages.
Molina’s medical bills have totaled more than $600,000 and may, should he require constant care, exceed $10 million, Berenson said. Berenson’s suit alleges that the truck driven by Couch is owned by Cleburne Sheet Metal and that it was “entrusted” to him by his father, who is the president of that company. |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:07:43 AM EDT
[#22]
Sometimes the citizens know best.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:12:22 AM EDT
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According to other articles this little snow flake was cought with a naked unconcious 14 year old girl before this. Charges went away on that one as well.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:14:38 AM EDT
[#24]
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I hope the entire family ends up living in a cardboard box. The chance of the kid making the first month of his probation period is pretty much zero. It's not the family that handed down the sentence. 
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:15:28 AM EDT
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Am I in before the DWI is a victimless crime people? Not really...look two posts above yours
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:15:47 AM EDT
[#26]
Little shithead even looks like Joffrey.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:17:37 AM EDT
[#27]
Fuck drunk drivers, put a bullet in their heads on the side of the road and let them rot.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:19:02 AM EDT
[#28]
As an inmate once told me when I worked in the jails, "Probation is just a set-up for failure." Its true. I have seen many inmates gladly take a few years of prison time instead of taking a lengthy probation time. This guy will violate his probation within 10 years.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:21:00 AM EDT
[#29]
Needs more of that dad in TX that shot the DWI guy that killed his two young sons.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:21:12 AM EDT
[#30]
Deleted cuz I was wrong...
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:21:21 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm sure the killer and his parents are incapable of shame but I'm glad to see the Daily Mail naming them anyway. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521743/Ethan-Couch-crash-Drink-driving-teen-killed-spared-jail-hes-rich.html From the article: "A judge has let off a 16-year-old boy who killed four people while driving drunk after the teen's lawyers claimed his rich parents spoiled him and never taught him about consequences." Well, looks like the legal system is joining right in not teaching him about consequences.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:25:34 AM EDT
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From what I've gathered from the news reports I've seen, the kid's family is wealthy and completely dysfunctional. No consequences for anything. Kid was driving himself to school at 13. Parents condoned alcohol and drug use. I was shocked when he got probation.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:25:50 AM EDT
[#33]
And just for a comparison this lady killed 4 people some years back around here while drunk driving and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
This kid gets probation? 
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:27:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
One thing that has me baffled is, the parents basically paid a psychologist to testify that their bad parenting led to their son's reckless behavior. How can that not come back to rape them in the subsequent civil suits that will follow? Quote HistoryQuoted:
Originally posted by Billy Ray Valentine:
it occurs to me that the best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people One thing that has me baffled is, the parents basically paid a psychologist to testify that their bad parenting led to their son's reckless behavior. How can that not come back to rape them in the subsequent civil suits that will follow? Well, the kids did steal the beer from Wal-Mart, so I'd say that Wal-Mart has more responsibility in this than the parents. If Wal-Mart would have just kept control of their beer, and actually stopped shoplifters instead of letting them go (company policy), then these hapless children might not have managed to become impaired. |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:28:44 AM EDT
[#35]
Any one of us would be wearing an orange jumpsuit for a long time.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:29:52 AM EDT
[#36]
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And just for a comparison this lady killed 4 people some years back around here while drunk driving and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. This kid gets probation? But her daddy wasn't friends with EVERYBODY. Welcome to the paradise that is rural Texas
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:31:45 AM EDT
[#37]
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Any one of us would be wearing an orange jumpsuit for a long time. Nah, black and white stripes. Oh, and check this out- because of PREA, any time this kid was locked up he had a private room in the infirmary. Yep. |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:32:52 AM EDT
[#38]
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Nah, black and white stripes. Oh, and check this out- because of PREA, any time this kid was locked up he had a private room in the infirmary. Yep. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Any one of us would be wearing an orange jumpsuit for a long time. Nah, black and white stripes. Oh, and check this out- because of PREA, any time this kid was locked up he had a private room in the infirmary. Yep. I hate PREA. 
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:38:35 AM EDT
[#39]
Wow. About 25yrs ago, one of my cousins was 16-17 and killed one person while driving under the influence (think he was still under .08, but being underaged, so there's no leeway) he got 15yrs or so in prison. Was on probation for a good 5-6 years after that.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:40:04 AM EDT
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Fning rich pos punk,if that been my family I would hunt him down,screw it.Rant off.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:42:08 AM EDT
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I knew a guy years back that killed a family of four while driving drunk. He served 4 years. He got out and within two months died of a cerebral hemorage. Some karma right there.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:48:59 AM EDT
[#42]
Ok, reading the article, this went through the Tarrant County court in Fort Worth.
Wow, that's a REAL wtf? Tarrant County courts have a reputation for playing things pretty straight! |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:51:57 AM EDT
[#43]
A very close friend of mine was just sentenced to a minimum of 17 years for killing two people while speeding. No alcohol.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:54:52 AM EDT
[#44]
16 year old with a Ford F350.
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:56:24 AM EDT
[#45]
Ugh, they had stopped to help someone who had broken down, and got killed for it.
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Tarrant-County-Sheriffs-Department-Releases-New-Info-in-Crash-That-Killed-4-Pedestrians-211874561.html |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:56:28 AM EDT
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Am I in before the DWI is a victimless crime people? No. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 8:57:55 AM EDT
[#47]
How do you walk with no jail time after something like that?
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Posted: 12/11/2013 9:18:03 AM EDT
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Sometimes the citizens know best. That community needs to take some direct action. |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 9:19:40 AM EDT
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Ok, reading the article, this went through the Tarrant County court in Fort Worth. Wow, that's a REAL wtf? Tarrant County courts have a reputation for playing things pretty straight! This was a Family Court apparently. Top comment from the article: Our daily 'hate the rich' story which ignores the fact that undocumented Democrats from south of the border are let out of jail for DUI manslaughter every single day after doing the exact same thing with no probation or even punishment.
Of course it got 80 times more down votes than any other. Those Brits really hate themselves. |
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Posted: 12/11/2013 9:29:14 AM EDT
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Surely, there are people with the expertise to effect justice in circumstances such as these. Perhaps, one or more of the victim's families will seek them out. I would.
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