"A teenager in Fort Worth, Texas was given probation after driving drunk
and killing four pedestrians. Prosecutors pushed for a jail sentence of
20 years for 16-year-old Ethan Couch, whose blood alcohol content at
the time of the accident was 0.24 - three times the legal limit for
someone of drinking age - and also contained traces of Valium. Couch's
attorney argued that his client was too rich and privileged to know
right from wrong, as he had never been punished for previous
transgressions. RT's Sam Sacks looks into this case of "affluenza.""
As opposed to Weldon Angelos who is serving a 55 year minimum sentence for selling marijuana...
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2013/12/10/want-to-learn-criminal-law-and-procedure-watch-the-wire/
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