05-07-2014, 07:30 PM
(05-06-2014, 10:02 PM)Duchess Wrote: They raised a monster.
Yep.
And, I know they're not alone -- lots of parents raising enabled little monsters who are running around breaking laws and hurting people in the process.
What surprised me in the case of Ethan Couch is that the defendant, his parents, and his defense attorney had the gall to essentially blame his crimes on the fact that the family was too comfortable and well-off.
What surprised me even more and rubs me so wrong is that they were successful in convincing a judge that the family's good fortune was a mitigating factor which should result in a softer sentence for the little killer. Such an ignorant decision and dangerous precedent to set, IMO.