Ethan Couch Case Study

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Ethan Couch, a 16 year old teenager, caused an accident that involved more than 14 people, killing four and injuring another. After the police arrived, Couch was then later taken to court, the court's decision left couch with 10 years of probation. In addition to couchs sentence he is to attend a rehab center due to his unstable condition of affluenza. Once Couch left the rehab center, he worked with his father in his place of business. This didn't last long for him and his mother fled to Mexico. After two weeks of searching, couch and his mother were found and taken into custody where they were immediately transported back to the United States. This would have never happened if the decision by the justice system had been harsher. Their initial

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