The judge had an opportunity to do what this kid's parents never did. She had the opportunity to show him that indeed, in life there are consequences for one's actions. Her failure to send him this message means when he gets out of his swank, spa-like "rehab" in California, where he is being sent, he will have learned nothing and will emerge more empowered and dangerous than ever. This kid will remain a lost soul and a huge danger to society. Thanks, judge.
I don't believe that he got that sentence because of the wealth of his parents. I think he got that verdict because the Judge was trying to help him.
I think he should have gotten time and help.. But I think when you kill people by drunk driving you need to do time.
Why was the judge trying to help this kid and not the other 16 year old she sentenced to 10 years, for killing someone with a single punch to the face?
I work in the business. Anyone who thinks money doesn't affect who is prosecuted and how much time they will get, (if any) has no understanding of justice in America.
I have to disagree. I don't think that a poor, drunk kid would have been sent o a treatment facility.
You better believe that.
Here's the thing though, I read an article about this and it said that if he had been given the twenty year sentence he could have gotten out in two years and I think his probation would have been like a year or two.
That's four years. If he's on probation for 10 and forced to go into treatment he will be on watch and be held accountable for his actions for over twice as long as he would if he had just been sent to jail.
Nonsense. he could have been sentenced to 20 and then been given years of probation. Now this kid will be out with a sense of empowerment so great he will become and even greater danger to society. This judge not only failed to defuse a ticking time bomb, she lit the wick.
This is a hope for some justice:
All the probation orders I've ever seen for juveniles had a 'no alcohol' clause. That will probably be the first one he violates. He is already working on being an alcoholic. He will for sure slip some inside his party, ur I mean, treatment facility.
It's been a while but in my experience juvenile probation is usually good about following up and due to this injustice and being handed this notorious punk's case, they will stay on top of him closely. I've sat in on several probation revocation hearings since the juvenile was brought in on charges when I was on duty. They are usually fairly quick.
And I agree with bankrupting his parents through the law suits. They created this monster, let them pay for it. The families and victims deserve compensation since they haven't gotten justice.
What a horrible example this case sends to the youth of that county and state. That judge should never be reelected.
This kid will continue to break the law and get away with it repeatedly. I've seen it before. Money busy anything. he reminds me of the rich brats out here who gang raped a drugged teen girl, while videotaping it. Their creepy parents ran around putting up nasty fliers seeking dirt on the girl. She was so re-victimized in court and called a *advertiser censored*, repeatedly. It was awful. The main creep kept re-offending while on bail, but it wasn;t until he violated the terms about a dozen times and due to extreme public outcry, that he was finally arrested.
http://articles.dailypilot.com/2004-11-17/news/export6702_1_keith-spann-kyle-nachreiner-greg-haidl
(Here's various other articles on the monster and his buddies:
http://www.ocweekly.com/related/to/Greg+Haidl/).
Two teens busted for letting Connecticut girl drive drunk
Police said the two boys, both 17, knew Jane Modlesky was 'highly intoxicated' before they let her drive off in the SUV last July. The 17-year-old star lacrosse player for Glastonbury High School crashed a half-mile later and died before emergency workers arrived at the scene.
By Joe Kemp / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, December 6, 2013, 8:32 AM
Five months after a 17-year-old girl died in a Connecticut crash, two teenage boys were arrested for letting her drive drunk, police said.
Cops said the two unidentified boys, both 17, did nothing to stop Jane Modlesky from getting behind the wheel of an SUV before she crashed into a tree in Glastonbury on July 14, according to WFSB-TV....
The star lacrosse player for Glastonbury High School died before emergency workers arrived at the scene.
Read more:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...k-fatal-crash-article-1.1539646#ixzz2nIzNwtuJ
I guess in Texas letting someone drive off drunk isn't a crime like it is in Connecticut.
Hell, I guess in Texas, driving drunk and killing four people isn't a crime either.
Anderson cooper just said the rehab facility's schedule would be cooking classes,martial arts training,riding horses and beach access.
And yoga. Don't forget yoga. Oh, and I heard his defesne attorney saying he IS facing consequences: "He's being taken from his family [to go to a swank spa in California]. And he won;t get to use his truck. Or play his x-box anymore."
I'm as a serious as a heart attack. He actually said that.
So this Jaime guy is about the same age, similar offense (drunk driving, killing a woman), also in TX. However he gets tried as an adult and is sentenced to 20 years. Makes me even more curious as to why this judge sentenced the "victim of affluenza" here to probation.
http://www.tdcaa.com/node/1543
Well, it's the money, of course.