Victim's father assails "affluenza" teen's legal fight

[Judi Lynn]

Source: CBS News

January 5, 2016, 7:11 AM

Victim's father assails "affluenza" teen's legal fight

The Texas teenager known for his controversial "affluenza" legal defense is being held at an immigration detention center in Mexico as his attorney fights to delay his deportation and keep him from returning to Texas for as long as possible.

But Ethan Couch's return to the U.S. remains uncertain, more than a week after he and his mother were picked up by Mexican immigration authorities, reports CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez.

"Laws are there to protect everybody, not just the people we like," said Couch's high-profile Mexican attorney, Fernando Benitez. "We're dealing with an immigration case and that's all."

Benitez is calling for his client to be extradited, which involves the U.S.-Mexico extradition treaty. The 18-year-old is currently being considered for deportation, which gives him fewer rights under Mexican law.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ethan-couch-attorney-fernando-benitez-fights-deportation-from-mexico/

[hobbit709]

1. Pobrecito.

[question everything]

2. Never mind the teen and his lawyer. What about the judge?

How could he accepted this line of defense? Is he still a sitting judge? With most judges have to be re-elected?

[Chakab]

3. The judge retired shortly after sentencing this kid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hudson_Boyd

[Blue_Tires]

5. She must have belonged to the same country club as mom and dad...

[JI7]

6. or paid off

[47of74]

7. Even though she's retired she should be disbarred.

[Blue_Tires]

4. I've still never seen a kid skate on that big a rap sheet...

[smirkymonkey]

8. I'm sorry, but the kid, his mother and the judge should all have been shot

in the head a long time ago and they would have spared the world a lot of grief. (sorry DU, I was not planning on doing it, I just think it would not have been tragic if someone else would have.) Trash me if you want, these people are the lowest scum of the earth.