02-06-2014, 09:49 AM
(12-14-2013, 10:47 PM)Duchess Wrote: This isn't the first fucked up judge we've heard about. Remember the one who sent a rapist to jail for a month?
Was disappointed yesterday when the judge did it again, despite all of the backlash.
Ethan Couch was back in court, before the same judge that sentenced him to probation for the four deaths that he caused.
Prosecutors sought a 20 year sentence for the two people that Couch severely injured.
The judge instead granted the defense's request to have poor rich little Ethan admitted to a swanky rehab facility (not sure if it's the one the family wanted on the California coast).
Ref: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/05...29821.html
In cases like this, I'm really glad that the civil courts offer the families an alternate form of justice, or at least compensation.