a judge has ruled that even couch the 16-year-old who crashed into four
pedestrians and kill them
will get probation and rehabilitation as opposed to time in prison if you guys
can remember this is the case with the defense noted
that he shouldn't serve any time in prison because he suffers from out who
ends up
city had such a great upbringing in such a wealthy family
he didn't really understand what the consequences of his actions would be
well now there's an interesting element an update to this story
it turns out that originally his parents had offered to pay for
a private facility in California in order for him to get rehabilitated
that facility would have cost them thirty-five thousand dollars a month
now the judge disagreed with that option and instead said that
you think out would have to go to a public facility in Texas
now that facility is a little cheaper about twenty one thousand dollars about
the only difference in that scenario is that now
taxpayers in Texas will have to foot the bill
as opposed to the parents now the parents will pay a small portion a bit
now the facility decided that president on a couch those are the parents would
pay based on a sliding scale
I don't know what that means and unfortunately the refused to elaborate
on that
but captures parents will only be billed 1,170 dollars per month
so that means that the Texas taxpayers are gonna pay about twenty thousand
dollars
all month for Ethan couch
to get better wouldn't to get read now
all those people that were you're dead in the crash
are still dead then I get better and he
did you get any jail time nope now to add insult to injury
we're going to have to pay for his treatment
now look I know why in you know why
because what we imprison people with paper right and when we
send him away for treatment well the government is made him do that so we pay
for that
I don't know why cause twenty-one thousand dollars a month seems
unbelievably high it sounds very excessive or a million dollars a year
right so and it's a shame that the parents
offered to pay the whole thing when it was of course the facility of their
choice which were not totally saw facility
where we might have had the time because lot way so
I agree with the judge the doll said in the California to
any facility he likes and that his parents like but
I don't know pick a rebound away apparently they couldn where he sees in
tax in the parents pay for anyone yeah I mean it
this is a case where you see injustice breeding injustice right he doesn't get
any jail time and of course you know we've talked about the double standard
in our justice system if he came
from a poor family I think the outcome would be very different but his family
is tremendously wealthy his father is the owner of a
claiborne is Street medal in Fort Worth Texas the rake in about fifteen million
dollars a year
so they're extremely wealthy and and so
as a result of that the judge decides you know what best
defense attorneys ridiculous defense but it works no jail time
to let the injustice there and then on top a bit now the taxpayers have to pay
that money to rehabilitate him images it makes me angry because
I understand what happens with the system makes sense right
rehabilitation is necessary for a lot of people
and I think that the government should pay for it in cases where
the convicted felons family can't pay for it right but in this case if the
family says
will pay for it thirty-five thousand dollars a month why not tell them I it
will be for this facility
that would've been great but I know our system doesn't work that way yeah
it it's maddening you know the same George
if you remember from the original story a sentenced
black kid who would punch someone and and make the I have a new
it is hand I think it was on the ground and i'd hmm to 10 years
I'm let me give you an even more egregious example
you know the case in California Fresno Calif
on this couple pointed a laser a bad a helicopter police helicopter
are the man got fourteen years behind bars so in this case
hey yeah we got in punch anyone or while pointing lasers someone but he ran him
over with his car
yes he was unbelievably drunk and
four people are dead and we're going to have to pay
to make him yes get better feel better
handed its it's hard not to be infuriated by that