Spoiled rich teen kills 4, doesn't go to jail, because he's spoiled and rich.

[garbon]

Is there any reason to believe his sentence was inconsistent with what non-rich kids get who are responsible for fatal car accidents involving alcohol?

For the record, the dumbasses who were hurt because they were riding in the back of a pickup truck bear some small measure of responsibility for *their* injuries.

This chick http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/fredericksburg-teen-gets--year-sentence-for-vehicular-homicide/article_f0ddda96-af50-11e1-b073-0019bb2963f4.html Got 10 years.  Course she killed a dog as well as a man.

And then was in prison what - like 100 days?

http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/teen-imprisoned-on-vehicular-homicide-charge-released-from-prison/article_dc5c7458-4567-11e2-ad82-001a4bcf887a.html

Not comparable though, as she was 18, and hence an adult.

Note quite sure. She did it in November of 2011 and was 18 in June of 2012. Possible she was 17 at the time.

At any rate, I was just highlighting that yeah, Raz's quick search wasn't really a good one.

[Gups]

The article just says that a witness testified that the defendant suffered from "affluenza". There's no indication that the judge agreed or based sentencing on it. Witnesses say a lot of things.

[crazy canuck]

Well I'll be damned, Yi was right.  Higher rates of wealth amongst the richest Americans does lead to more freedom.

And Raz wins the one liner of the year with a brilliant late entry.

Well done.

[Razgovory]

Is there any reason to believe his sentence was inconsistent with what non-rich kids get who are responsible for fatal car accidents involving alcohol?

For the record, the dumbasses who were hurt because they were riding in the back of a pickup truck bear some small measure of responsibility for *their* injuries.

This chick http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/fredericksburg-teen-gets--year-sentence-for-vehicular-homicide/article_f0ddda96-af50-11e1-b073-0019bb2963f4.html Got 10 years.  Course she killed a dog as well as a man.

And then was in prison what - like 100 days?

http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/teen-imprisoned-on-vehicular-homicide-charge-released-from-prison/article_dc5c7458-4567-11e2-ad82-001a4bcf887a.html

Not comparable though, as she was 18, and hence an adult.

Note quite sure. She did it in November of 2011 and was 18 in June of 2012. Possible she was 17 at the time.

At any rate, I was just highlighting that yeah, Raz's quick search wasn't really a good one.

She was 17 at the time.  I did find that part.  I didn't see that the sentence had been trimmed down after the fact.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Well I'll be damned, Yi was right.  Higher rates of wealth amongst the richest Americans does lead to more freedom.

And Raz wins the one liner of the year with a brilliant late entry.

Well done.

POTM? Or POTY?

[crazy canuck]

Well I'll be damned, Yi was right.  Higher rates of wealth amongst the richest Americans does lead to more freedom.

And Raz wins the one liner of the year with a brilliant late entry.

Well done.

POTM? Or POTY?

I am willing to give him POTY for that one.  It nicely sums up a lot of what has been posted throughout the year.

[garbon]

The article just says that a witness testified that the defendant suffered from "affluenza". There's no indication that the judge agreed or based sentencing on it. Witnesses say a lot of things.

That wouldn't make for such a compelling article!

[Syt]

In today's segment of "Where are they now":

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/12/affluenza-teen-wanted-for-violating-probation.html?mid=facebook_nymag

Texas 'Affluenza' Teen Who Killed 4 Drunk Driving Skips Probation, Goes On The Run

County police near Fort Worth, Texas, are working with U.S. Marshals and the FBI to track down Ethan Couch, the teenager whose infamous "affluenza" defense won him a reduced sentence of 10 years' probation after he killed four people while drunk driving in 2013.

A "directive to apprehend," – the juvenile justice equivalent of an arrest warrant – was issued for Couch on Tuesday after his probation officer was unable to reach him for several days, the Dallas Morning News reported.

Now, the paper reports, officials say they have also been unable to track down Couch's mother and fear that he may have fled the country.

Couch's disappearance may have something to do with a video posted to Twitter earlier this month that purports to show him playing beer pong.

Authorities are also investigating whether the man in the video is indeed Couch. Under the terms of his probation, he is not allowed to drink alcohol.

If apprehended, the teen could face a ten-year jail sentence for violating his probation. His case remains in juvenile court, but prosecutors have moved to have it transferred to the adult court system when he turns 19 in April.

On the night of June 15, 2013, Couch was driving his pickup truck with seven people piled into the back, when he swerved off the road, killing the driver of a broken-down SUV and three others who had stopped to assist her. Two of his passengers were thrown from the vehicle and severely injured. The then-16-year-old had a blood alcohol content of 0.24, three times the legal limit for an adult, and was driving 70 mph in a 40-mph zone.

His defense made headlines when a psychologist testified that Couch suffered from "affluenza"— a condition resulting from having too much money and a dysfunctional relationship with his parents. This debilitating fictional illness left the defendant unable to feel responsibility for his actions.

At his trial in February 2014, prosecutors had sought to put him behind bars for 20 years, but State District Judge Jean Boyd deemed mandatory rehab and ten years' probation more appropriate, in light of the teen's ailment.

Boyd neglected to run for re-election that year, for some reason.

[Eddie Teach]

At his trial in February 2014, prosecutors had sought to put him behind bars for 20 years, but State District Judge Jean Boyd deemed mandatory rehab and ten years' probation more appropriate, in light of the teen's ailment.

I hope the ailment he's referring to is being a teenager. 

[KRonn]

The kid is suffering from affluenza, so of course he can't be expected to suffer the same parole rules that common law breakers have to abide by.   

[DGuller]

Well I'll be damned, Yi was right.  Higher rates of wealth amongst the richest Americans does lead to more freedom.

[Admiral Yi]

I don't get it.

[Razgovory]

You had to have been there.

[Eddie Teach]

I don't get it.

Raz is suggesting he got probation because he was rich, rather than because he was a minor.

[Admiral Yi]

Raz is suggesting he got probation because he was rich, rather than because he was a minor.

I don't get the "Yi was right" part.