Ethan Couch's Suicide

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Is the way you act based on how your parents raised you? After reading “Texas teen Ethan Couch gets 10 years' probation for driving drunk, killing 4” by Dana Ford and “Should Parents Be Legally Responsible For Children's Serious Crimes?” by Nathan Siegel it is clear to see that people have opposing opinions on this subject. Throughout this essay Rebecca Sedwick's suicide, Ethan Couch’s fatal mistake, and why the parents of the children responsible for death shouldn’t be charged will be explained. According to “Should Parents Be Legally Responsible For Children's Serious Crimes?” by Nathan Siegel, the death of Rebecca Sedwick is found to have been caused by cyberbullying however, the blame has landed on the parents of the children doing the bullying instead of them; this should not be the case. Parents cannot be expected to monitor …show more content…

The answer is no. According to “Texas teen Ethan Couch gets 10 years' probation for driving drunk, killing 4” by Dana Ford, Ethan crashed into four people who were trying to fix a car and threw his two friends, who were sitting in the truck bed, across the pavement during a drunken stupor. When tried for his crimes, one phycologist claims Ethan is not at fault due to the fact that he suffers from affluenza. The judge believed, as stated in line 5, “He’s a defendant in need of treatment” (Ford). The psychologist believes “that Couch's life could be turned around with one to two years of treatment” (Ford). The fact that he can be rehabilitated means that his mistake was the fault of his affluenza and not his parents. And even so, Ethan was 16 when the events took place therefore, he should have already learned how to act based on society. There is no need to blame the parents, as he was old enough to realize the risks of drunk driving and took his chances and did it

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