Rich Kid suffers from "affluenza" gets away with killing 4 people in a DUI.

[MisterE]

most if not all of our congress reps have affluenza so it must be contagious

Can anyone overrule this or is that it? The President or something? This is fucked, shouldn't happen and shouldn't be allowed to happen.

wait- you think this is fucked (which it is), but that the president having the authority to imprison anyone would be.. not.. fucked?

[KovalainenFanBoy]

He has this condition where, because he's rich, he thinks he can get away with everything he does

 

So because of this condition, he's gonna get away with it

 

Makes sense

[AJW]

This judge should be disbarred.

 

Couch suffers from affluenza, according to his lawyers, a term which means that his wealthy parents pretty much let him get away with everything. The defense saved him from a 20-year sentence; State District Judge Jean Boyd bought it at his sentencing on Tuesday and gave Couch probation instead.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/12/the-affluenza-defense-judge-rules-rich-kids-rich-kid-ness-makes-him-not-liable-for-deadly-drunk-driving-accident/

 

 

 

le Grande perversions o' the rich. They're livin it up gangsta style this time.

[jhonny]

Can I ask some questions.

 

1. Was he tried as a juvenile or an adult?

2. Do juveniles get jail time for a first offence?

3. How are sentencing 'recommendations' normally adjusted for the fact that it's a first offence and a juvenile?

 

Sorry if they're dumb, but I'm not American and while it's outrageous on one level, he's still a 16 year old kid.

[delet...]

It's hypocritical given that Texas is renowned for harsh sentences for juvenile crime, just not if you're rich and must've been well connected. Everything is bigger in texas, even the arseholes and corruption apparently.

[Audioblysk]

That kid looks like a real douche. I bet he doesn't feel too shitty about this, especially since he was so drunk when it happened. American Justice System FAAAIIIILLL

[LimpyLoo]

This thread smacks of poverty and sadness.

 

Geeves, pull the limo around. I'm outty like a belly button.

[Guest A/D]

thanks for making the lols limpy & disp. thread is depressing as fuck

[goDel]

Suddenly,them boyz in the hood know they could get away with anything, because they have affluenza as well. If you can carry a gun, you can have spontaneous affluenza, right?

 

O lawd

[Guest M360]

Bettah get an afflu shot, else you get shot by dem bluez

 

This massage is brought to you by Barrack Obomber for Hopey-Change^TM

[goDel]

Lol

 

Ima gonna make some kinda of pill which could kinda possibly cure that for a short amount of time. It'll make you even sicker than you already are, but by the time you'll notice it's crap, you're already tied in because of addiction

 

Bling bling

[Guest M360]

Oh shit. I thought this was the conspiracy thread

[gmanyo]

I would actually probably agree with this if they sentenced the parents somehow. I would say if he's doing this at 16 it's likely an example of bad parenting.

[goDel]

Good point. The verdict basically says: it's his parents fault.

[hoggy]

In the Guardian it says he's been ordered to cease contact with his parents. I wonder for how long?

[chassis]

Shouldn't treatment for affluenza be throwing him in jail?

[jhonny]

How many 16 year old criminals in Texas get thrown in jail for their first offence?

[MisterE]

but dude. he's a rich 16 yr old.

[Squee]

*pops baby in the microwave, pulls the head off a puppy, does a shit in an angel's mouth*

Man, my affluenza is really acting up today.

[Friendly Foil]

I really don't see the issue here. As it says in the article the poor kid has had some really crappy parents that haven't been able to teach him proper morals and stuff. You should all feel sorry for the poor little thing and even his parents for having to go through this horrible media circus.

 

And then feed him and his entire family to zoo animals.

[spunktronics]

 

 

The rehabilitation facility near Newport Beach, California that the teen will be attending will cost his family $450,000.00 annually

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affluenza

 

 

[MisterE]

sometimes i think it it would be great if the public could somehow censure judges in cases where the sentencing just seems bizarre. some way of the people voting on it or something. maybe after enough censures they'd get booted out (with no pay). maybe in extreme cases a new sentence gets passed by some tribunal or something. i say i sometimes think that's a good idea because there'd clearly be huge problems with setting the system up like that. special interest groups (and the media) of all varieties could set up shop and make it their goal to get any judge they don't like removed by spreading propaganda to get enough votes.

but still it seems like one of those things that there should somehow be a way of doing it that wouldn't be totally susceptible to abuse, tho. it does seem messed up that some judges just blatantly pass inexplicable sentencing knowing nobody can touch them.

[Silent Member]

Off with their heads!

 

Seriously.

 

Edit. not the judges, the oligarchy.

[olo]

I'm gonna play Mega Millions tonight. So far it's pushing $600 Million. When I win that shit, I'm going on an affluenza bender to end all affluenza benders.

[Guest A/D]

Totally agree MisterE. When you get a bad apple as a judge it can destroy the lives of the innocent. Like these two http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4123236/