WTF America?!!!
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Murder impies theres pre-meditation to commit the crime....I doubt he planned this...
1st degree murder implies pre-meditation. No, this would not qualify as first degree murder. However, willfull negligence in the form of driving while intoxicated certainly falls under manslaughter and depending on the courts involved and other circumstances, can include 2nd degree murder.
I'm not a lawyer, but having sat in on a murder trial, I could see the prosecution going after involuntary mansalughter at the very least here. With as many driving related charges as possible.
Where criminal court has failed here, it looks like civil court may prevail. He and his parents are currently being sued by about 5 people for damages ranging to about 20 million.
That boy won't spend a day behind bars, but I doubt him and his family will be able to afford his "affluenza" after all the dust settles.
The judge that allowed this to happen needs to be dis-barred.
Can anything be done to the judge? He is clearly wrong. He should be forced to retire
What do you mean?? The judge didn't do anything wrong, he has "affluenza" himself. It came from having too much money in his pocket from the rich family sticking it in there.
What do you mean?? The judge didn't do anything wrong, he has "affluenza" himself. It came from having too much money in his pocket from the rich family sticking it in there.
According to a report from Mail Online, citing municipal records, Couch’s father Fred, 48, and mother Tonya have cumulatively racked up more than 20 criminal and traffic offense dating back nearly 25 years, though like their son, neither has felt the steely confines of a prison cell. (Most of the larger cases against the duo had been dismissed, though in two theft cases, Fred made restitution to his accusers, making the cases go away.)
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Fred Couch — who reportedly let Ethan live on his own after his split from Tonya — has had four criminal misdemeanor allegations and 18 traffic citations (paying for nine of those). He’s been arrested in connection with theft, evading arrest and domestic violence. The latter occurred in 1996, when he was accused of assault against his ex-wife Tonya. Fred, according to court records, “intentionally and knowingly caused bodily injury to Tonya Couch by striking [the woman] on or about the face with his hands causing Tonya to fall, and by grabbing [the woman] on or about the neck with his hands, scratching [the woman's] neck.”
He got out of it when Tonya agreed to a sworn affidavit of non-prosecution, making the case go away.
As for Tonya, her biggest legal infraction came ten years ago — and on the road — when she was fined $500 and sentenced to six months of community supervision in connection with misdemeanor reckless driving, after authorities said she tried to run another driver off the road. Tonya, according to court docs, “intentionally and knowingly drove a motor vehicle in a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.”
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She’s also been cited in connection with speeding, and three counts of failing to adequately secure minors.
His family comes from oil money, they will be fine.
Now MailOnline can reveal his parents, millionaire sheet metal manufacturer Fred Couch and ex-wife Tonya have had many brushes with the law themselves.
"Billy was right, he said 'Kill all the lawyers, kill 'em tonight!'"
Amazing how many doors are opened for you when you have $
Hope the family loses everything they have in the civil suit(s)