Ethan Couch, Juvenile Court and Affluenza
Arkansas Technical University Ozark Campus - Christopher Rambo
Charlotte Waterman Ethan Couch, Juvenile Court and Affluenza
Ethan couch became infamous at the age of 16. He was the son of millionaires Fred and Tonya couch, a Burleson Texas. on June 15, 2013 Ethan and some friends, we're drinking and partying unsupervised at the second residence of Tonya and Fred couch. Ethan and his friends decided to leave. Ethan, while driving his truck while intoxicated, lost control and ended up killing four people. Ethan was not only inebriated, he had valium in his system. Ethan what is charged with 4 counts of intoxicated manslaughter in juvenile court. Ethan pled guilty to the charges. However, …show more content…
They stated that this was his parents fault for not teaching him boundaries or limits and then teaching Ethan that money makes problems go away. this was linked in the right psychologist Gary Miller testified that Ethan was a victim of affluenza. judge Boyd Ethan a sentence of ten years’ probation and rehabilitation. The public outcry over this apparent injustice and the punishment not fitting the crime, would hold merit when one considers psychologist Christopher Jay Ferguson Ph.D. when he calls affluenza “junk science.” Furthermore, that is not a mental disorder according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual published by the American Psychiatric …show more content…
In 1924 but it was used as by Clarence Darrow attorney for two young men Richard Loeb 18 years old and Nathan Leopold Jr., a19 year old for their kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old boy named Robert “Bobby” Franks. Clarence Darrow explained to the court and that both of the boys were privileged and did ot know the consequences of committing their perfect crime. After listening to Clarence Darrow, the verdict came to be a 99-year sentence and life for kidnapping for each defendant saving them from the death penalty. due to the overwhelming public outrage over the sentencing, riots broke out.
Affluenza has raised some serious questions regarding the wealthy being above the law. In the book The Golden Rule: How Income Inequality will Ruin America, by Renwei Chung he talks about American laws and inequality treating citizens based on financial backgrounds “Financial equality begets legal inequity”. In comparison, this has the appearance of the old class system, where the upper class were not considered to be able to commit crimes and due to their wealth and influence avoided harsh
Arkansas Technical University Ozark Campus - Christopher Rambo
Charlotte Waterman Ethan Couch, Juvenile Court and Affluenza
Ethan couch became infamous at the age of 16. He was the son of millionaires Fred and Tonya couch, a Burleson Texas. on June 15, 2013 Ethan and some friends, we're drinking and partying unsupervised at the second residence of Tonya and Fred couch. Ethan and his friends decided to leave. Ethan, while driving his truck while intoxicated, lost control and ended up killing four people. Ethan was not only inebriated, he had valium in his system. Ethan what is charged with 4 counts of intoxicated manslaughter in juvenile court. Ethan pled guilty to the charges. However, …show more content…
They stated that this was his parents fault for not teaching him boundaries or limits and then teaching Ethan that money makes problems go away. this was linked in the right psychologist Gary Miller testified that Ethan was a victim of affluenza. judge Boyd Ethan a sentence of ten years’ probation and rehabilitation. The public outcry over this apparent injustice and the punishment not fitting the crime, would hold merit when one considers psychologist Christopher Jay Ferguson Ph.D. when he calls affluenza “junk science.” Furthermore, that is not a mental disorder according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual published by the American Psychiatric …show more content…
In 1924 but it was used as by Clarence Darrow attorney for two young men Richard Loeb 18 years old and Nathan Leopold Jr., a19 year old for their kidnapping and murder of a fourteen-year-old boy named Robert “Bobby” Franks. Clarence Darrow explained to the court and that both of the boys were privileged and did ot know the consequences of committing their perfect crime. After listening to Clarence Darrow, the verdict came to be a 99-year sentence and life for kidnapping for each defendant saving them from the death penalty. due to the overwhelming public outrage over the sentencing, riots broke out.
Affluenza has raised some serious questions regarding the wealthy being above the law. In the book The Golden Rule: How Income Inequality will Ruin America, by Renwei Chung he talks about American laws and inequality treating citizens based on financial backgrounds “Financial equality begets legal inequity”. In comparison, this has the appearance of the old class system, where the upper class were not considered to be able to commit crimes and due to their wealth and influence avoided harsh