Attorneys: 'Affluenza' teen to return to Texas within weeks
Source: Associated Press
Attorneys: 'Affluenza' teen to return to Texas within weeks
Emily Schmall and E. Eduardo Castillo, Associated Press
Updated 12:06 am, Thursday, January 21, 2016
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) A teenager who used an "affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck will return to Texas from Mexico within weeks, and his case will likely be transferred from the juvenile to the adult system, his attorneys said in a statement Wednesday.
Ethan Couch has been challenging his deportation, but paperwork was filed to "terminate the ongoing immigration proceedings," attorneys Scott Brown and Reagan Wynn said in the statement.
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"It's not a foregone conclusion that this will happen, but we certainly hope it does," said Tarrant County district attorney spokeswoman Samantha Jordan.
He would then finish out his 10-year probation under the supervision of an adult court. If he were to violate his probation, he could face up to 10 years in prison per death.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Attorneys-Affluenza-teen-to-return-to-Texas-6772827.php
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)for at least 25 years.
joshdawg
(2,646 posts)How many times does he have to violate it before he goes to prison? 2? A dozen?
Kaleva
(36,259 posts)LisaL
(44,972 posts)Why does he need to violate it again, considering he already violated it?
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)24601
(3,955 posts)that he instead become a model citizen and demonstrate that probation is a viable option for myriad young men and women that are trapped within the criminal justice system.
Intuition tells me that probation violations are common, especially during the initial period of adjustment to a life of new restrictions.
We would be ill-served if his example on the macro level convinces legislatures and judges that probation isn't worth it and they instead just skip ahead to long prison sentences.
I want the lesson learned to be "Look how probation worked even for the jerk without a conscience" instead of "Lock them all up and lose the key, probation wouldn't even work for someone with all life's advantages."
It's appropriate to blame him for what he did, but not for the judge's stupidity.
LisaL
(44,972 posts)24601
(3,955 posts)ToxMarz
(2,163 posts)If he has Affluenza, there is no reported cure so he is a constant danger to society.
LisaL
(44,972 posts)KG
(28,751 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)He didn't like the accommodations. Lol. I am sure the United States are better truthfully.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)He thinks if extradited he will make bail like mom and back to partying.
joshdawg
(2,646 posts)"He would then finish out his 10-year probation under the supervision of an adult court. If he were to violate his probation, he could face up to 10 years in prison per death."
He would finish his probation here..........the key word being "finish???"
Since he violated his probation already, why would he be allowed to finish? Why not throw the little shit in prison for the next 40 years?
What's up with this nonsense? Didn't he violate his probation already? How many times is he allowed to violate this probation before he faces actual prison time?
Backwoodsrider
(764 posts)I am no legal expert but since the original sentence was obtained in a minor court case the TX prosecutor apparently is going to deal with the escape by changing the case to adult court but he has not violated adult court yet so they are probably going to place him on fairly strict adult probation and then wait..
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)christx30
(6,241 posts)He doesn't seem like he's going to be a good boy for the next 10 years. He couldn't even wait 30 days in Mexico without going to a strip club (where his mom had to bail him out after he got in over his head). The dude can't seem to stay away from alcohol.
Backwoodsrider
(764 posts)Not long because he is not a real criminal like so many other ummm less educated people. House arrest(orgy) here we come! <sarcasm off?
lark
(23,065 posts)Boy steps over the line, government - OK that's it, if you do it again, you are in trouble. Boy steps over the line again, government says OK that's it, if you do it again, you are in trouble. Rinse and repeat indefinitely.