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Grant Ethan Couch a jail sentence for killing 4 while he was driving intoxicated

Created by C.H. on February 06, 2014

A Texas judge has granted Ethan Couch a 10 years probation sentence rather than jail time because he suffered a rare case of "affluenza," a disorder caused by having too much money, whereby he didn't realize that his actions had consequences.

Driving with a BAC of 0.24, 16 year-old Ethan plowed into a crowd of pedestrians last June killing Brian Jennings, a youth pastor, Hollie and Shelby Boyles, and Breanna Mitchell. Couch will serve NO JAIL TIME, because he has the wealth to afford a luxury rehab clinic.

Send a message to future drunk drivers that justice needs to be served, and that a jail sentence should be served just the same as it would for anyone else that doesn't suffer from a made-up disorder called "Affluenza".

More:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/05/us/texas-affluenza-teen/

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