Texas court won't release 'affluenza' defendant from jail

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lawyers who used an "affluenza" defense for a Texas teenager in a fatal 2013 drunken-driving wreck have failed to secure his release from jail.

The Texas Supreme Court denied the request Thursday for 20-year-old Ethan Couch, who was 16 when his crash killed four people near Fort Worth.

Couch received 10 years' probation after pleading guilty to intoxication manslaughter and other juvenile charges. A defense expert used the term "affluenza" during trial, suggesting Couch was coddled into a sense of irresponsibility by his wealthy parents.

After an online video appeared to show Couch at a party where people were drinking, Couch and his mother briefly fled to Mexico in December 2015. A judge then moved the case to adult court, ruled Couch violated his probation and imposed the jail sentence that Couch's attorneys challenged.

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/texas/article_c36a19a2-d2da-596f-b1d1-3cffec9e5588.html

[napi21]

1. MAYBE, just maybe this young guy will finally realize MONEY DOES NOT SOLVE EVERYTHING.

I actually feel a little sorry for him because his parents were so very irresponsible in raising him. If we as citizens get double lucky, even his parents might learn that lesson too.

[Warpy]

2. Prison or the military

He'd most likely have washed out of boot camp pretty quickly. Something had to get him away from Mommy and her version of Smother Love so he'd have a chance to grow up. I doubt prison has been particularly good for him, otherwise.

She sure was an expert when it came to fucking up her kid. It's a good thing he's in line to inherit money, he's likely to remain pretty useless in the real world.

[Kittycow]

3. Little Ethan is probably having a pity party.

After all, trump is an entitled rich asshole who is never held accountable and he's in the White House. Well, sometimes anyway!