Buxton called on the South African authorities to "name and shame that gentleman."
The same can be done with Eric Couch. Repeat his name, repeat his offenses. Let the word spread that he's a bad man.
Then Ethan's family can sue you for defamation of character :$ This kid isn't going to learn from his mistake.
I didn't say it doesn't exist.
I agree it exists, and I see no problem with it.
Why the hell does Anandtech tolerate having basically white supremacists on this board?
So, you think what happened here is "natural"? That the legal team for this brat could make up a condition for what he did and sell a judge on it?
What is "natural" about this? If it were natural, you or I could do the same thing and expect a similar result. Instead, I'd bank that the very mention of some made up psychological issue in court would get you a lot of laughs.
I disagree with the lenient sentence. At the same time, I recognize that the rich will always be in a position to hire better lawyers than us.
I'm guessing the "affluenza" thing was meant as a joke, not as a serious defense/disease. Some judges/juries would be repulsed by such a joke making light of what had happened, others might be receptive to it. Maybe this lawyer knew this judge and wasn't taking as much of a risk making the joke... I don't know.
But regardless, I disagree with the sentence. I disagreed with OJ's wealth/fame privilege getting him off too.
I just understand that these sort of unfair outcomes are part of life. Not saying we can't try to achieve a higher level of fairness particularly in the legal system... but you have to pick your battles. You have to know which unfairnesses are fixable, which can only be mitigated somewhat, and which aren't going anywhere.
For those who still claim white privilege doesn't exist get a load of this...
Why the hell does Anandtech tolerate having basically white supremacists on this board?
Difference, OJ and GZ found not guilty because lack of evidence to convict.
This kid was found guilty but because his parents are so rich and privileged they didn't teach him right from wrong and he is not responsible so no jail. BTW - something most people here decry for inner city crime.
Screw what the kid needs, this should be purely about punishment and prevention. This is why we need minimum sentencing. If you're driving intoxicated and kill someone, the minimum possible sentence should be at least ten years actually served in prison. REAL prison, not country club tennis court lock your own cell or don't prison.Putting the kid in jail is really the only appropriate thing to do in cases like this. He's not going to learn a fucking thing except "money gets you out of trouble" by getting probation for killing 4 people...20-life MIGHT cure his severe case of affluenza.
The kid really needs a wake-up call...and having his hands slapped ain't gonna do it.
Sometimes it isn't about rehabilitation...it's about punishment for actions.
Screw what the kid needs, this should be purely about punishment and prevention.
Oh, those 6 people prove that privilege does not exist! Welp, that settles it. If Eric looked different and came from a poorer background, Eric would have gotten the maximum sentence for his crime...or something close to it.
Lets recap here, the kid dodged a possible 20 year sentence for what he did because he has "Affluenza". So, when you have "Affluenza" you are able to:
- Steal Alcohol from a store
- Drive under the influence of said Alcohol (at 3x the legal limit!)
- Kill 4 people
- Claim that you don't know right from wrong cause mommy and daddy were too busy to teach you
- Have a judge agree with this
- Get sentenced instead to 10 years probation and a lovely vacation to a 450K/yr "rehab" paradise.
OJ was white? Who knew.
Oh wait, the idiot OP didn't realize this was wealth privilege, not white privilege.
Privilege exists. Race might be a factor but money always is. The family bought the best lawyers money could afford. Some trailer park redneck? Screwed. That's my issue here. Someone bought the result and the op blames it on being white with nothing to back that up.
Hang him on live TV.
Judge Jean Boyd told the court she would not release Couch to his parents, but would work to find the teen a long-term treatment facility.
Couch was sentenced by a juvenile court judge Tuesday. If he violates the terms of his probation, he could face up to 10 years of incarceration, according to a statement from the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office.
(The judge) fashioned a sentence that is going to keep Ethan under the thumb of the justice system for the next 10 years," he said. "And if Ethan doesn't do what he's supposed to do, if he has one misstep at all, then this judge, or an adult judge when he's transferred, can then incarcerate him."
Different judges can be liberal about different things. I know one otherwise totally conservative person who tried like hell to prevent a conviction in a DUI case (.4 BAC but no wreck) and only voted with the majority because "I've got to get home and feed my dogs".What's somewhat odd is this Judge is a registered Republican and with that being said chances are slim as to being a liberal judge.
The fact this case was tried in a juvenile court the judge's hands were tied when it comes to sentencing. Though it appears that the judge is doing things that will first get this kid into in-patient treatment and then a lengthy probation period. Any screw ups after the kid becomes 18 will result in this probation period becoming an incarceration period.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/11/us/texas-teen-dwi-wreck/
They don't hang people in North Korea...they use machine guns.This isn't North Korea, bud. I agree he should be punished, but now, you're talkin crazy.
This kid killed four people.
Want to send a message to drunks and rich brats that their money and youth and whiteness or whatever else won't get them out of consequences?
Hang him on live TV. Message loud and clear. Watch DUIs get rarer.
This isn't North Korea, bud. I agree he should be punished, but now, you're talkin crazy.
From the same article "Prosecutors had asked for the maximum of 20 years behind bars."What's somewhat odd is this Judge is a registered Republican and with that being said chances are slim as to being a liberal judge.
The fact this case was tried in a juvenile court the judge's hands were tied when it comes to sentencing. Though it appears that the judge is doing things that will first get this kid into in-patient treatment and then a lengthy probation period. Any screw ups after the kid becomes 18 will result in this probation period becoming an incarceration period.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/11/us/texas-teen-dwi-wreck/
This fucker should be hung by his balls in a public square and beaten to a slow agonizing death. The family's money should be dispersed amongst the family and friends of those lost.