This article is about how a teenage boy got away with manslaughter of 4 people. It all started on June 15, Ethan went to Walmart and stole beer with his friends. He then crashed into a woman’s car that was broken down on the side of the road. He also killed three more people. When the police took him in they gave him a drug test and found out that his blood alcohol level was throw the roof. So not only did he get away with manslaughter he also got away with under age drinking.
In health class we talked about the effects of drinking and driving. The teacher said that nothing good comes out of driving drunk. Even though Ethan got away with what he did, he will probably feel guilty the rest of his life.
I think this is the craziest thing I have ever heard of. Just because he’s rich doesn't mean that it’s okay. I could go and do the same thing that he did and I would get charged. It shouldn't matter whether he’s rich or not, he should be in jail. Ethan killed four people, think about the peoples families. This could affect me because what if it was my car that was sitting on the side of the road. I would be dead and the killer would still out there free to live his life.
The central idea of this passage is that if you have money it’s okay to go kill someone. The passage states that, “Texas sentencing guidelines for crimes like this call for fines of up to $10,000 and between 2 and 20 years in the state penitentiary. But instead Couch got 10 years of probation and zero time” (Grey). This statement proves that Ethan got nothing for manslaughter. Throughout the passage it keeps saying that money is important. Grey Miller says, “He had the cars and he had the money. He had freedoms that no young man would be able to handle.” Apparently Ethan never got punished and so the state of Texas gives him pity.
Sagdejev, Ildar. “Wrecked Honda Civic DX on Gregson St in Durham”. Photograph. Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons, 30 May 2010. Web. 12 January 2014.<http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2010-05-30_Wrecked_Honda_Civic_DX_on_Gregson_St_in_Durham.jpg>
Grey, Madison. “The Affluenza Defense: Judge Rules Rich Kid’s Rich Kid-ness Makes Him Not Liable for Deadly Drunk Driving Accident”. Times News Feed. Madison Grey, 12 December 2013. Web. 12 January 2014.<http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/12/the-affluenza-defense-judge-rules-rich-kids-rich-kid-ness-makes-him-not-liable-for-deadly-drunk-driving-accident/>
I think the topic your post is interesting. I agree that this young man deserves to be in prison for his crime. My critique is that you misspelled through in the first paragraph. My questions I have for you are: Do you think that letting the rich person go happens in other cases?, and If you were the Judge, how many years would you want to give him in prison?
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