“Judge Rules Rich Kid’s Rich Kid-ness Makes Him Not Liable for Deadly Drunk Driving Accident.”
Gray, Madison. The Affluenza Defense: Judge Rules Rich Kid-ness Makes Him Not Liable for Deadly Drunk Driving Accident. Time News Feed. 12 Dec. 2013. Web. 9 Jan. 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/>
On the night of June 15, 2013 Tex a sixteen year old rich kid killed four incident people in a drunk driving accident. It all started when Tex and his friends went to wal-mart and stole beer. They jumped in a pickup truck and smashed into a women and killed her on a Burleson, Texas road. The court said that his alcohol limit was three times the legal limit. Tex plead guilty to four counts of manslaughter by intoxication and two counts of assault by intoxication causing bodily injuries. In the state of Texas for a crime like this you can be fined up to $10,000 and between two and twenty years in prison. But instead Tex got ten years probation and no jail time. According to a statement from the Tarrant County District Attorney if he slips up he will spend ten years in prison. Tex’s lawyer said that he suffers from affluenza a term that means his wealthy parents let him get away with anything. That is what saved him from a twenty year sentence.
This relates to “The Sniper” story that we read in class. The only thing is that the sniper killed his brother because he was in the war and Tex killed people by being dumb and stealing from wal-mart. This caused him to kill incident people and get away with it.
I feel that it was really wrong that Tex did not go to jail. I feel this way because if it was anyone else they would have gotten the maximum sentence. I don’t think it matters if he is rich or not just as long as he knows right from wrong then he should be punished for his crimes. This effect does not really effect me but it does teach me a lesson that lesson is that if you are rich then you get away with anything.
The central idea of the passage is about a sixteen year old rich kid Tex. It explains that he killed four people and he injured two of his friends. It also explains why he did not get any jail time.
Evidence:
“He pleaded guilty to four counts of manslaughter by intoxication and two counts of assault by intoxication causing bodily injury. Two teens in the bed of the truck were seriously injured, and one cannot move or talk.”
“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. If he slips up he could go to jail for 10 years, according to a statement from the Tarrant County District Attorney”
“The Keller, Tex., 16-year-old”
Damnsoft09. “Head on Collision. Wikipedia. 17 Sept. 2007. Media. 9 Jan. 2014.
I totally agree with you! He should have been given some jail time! I dont think its fair that he got off easy just because he is rich. I liked your post but it was a bit hard for me to follow at times. I really don't know what your first sentence in quotes is suppose to be. It seems to be the title of the article but it looks like a random quote thrown in there. If it is your title then you should replace "Blog Post #1" with the title or since it's really long you could summarize it. It could be as simple as "Teen Drunk Driving".
ReplyDeleteI also see that under the quote/title you have your citation which is also confusing and just makes your post look a bit disorganized. I really think next time you should add your citation at the end of your post. Many of your paragraphs are set up differently. Make sure that your paragraphs are separated evenly. Blog post are formatted a little differently than an english paper would be.On a blog you don’t indent at the beginning of each paragraph.
I notice that you have a subheading and its just jumbled in together with the paragraph before and after it. Next time leave a line of space between it. It will make your blog post look much more organized. I also don't understand the evidence section. It's just two random quotes that I have no idea what I as a reader am suppose to do with them.
Your first paragraph is a little big. Since it is a blog you want your paragraphs to be small so that they're easy to follow. All your other paragraphs are small and easy to read but remember to not indent. In your first sentence “On the night of June 15, 2013 Tex a sixteen year old rich kid killed four incident…” you should have a comma between “Tex” and “a” and another coma “kid” and “killed”. Check your spelling because I noticed that you spelled innocent wrong a couple of times in blog not just paragraph 1. Check your tense “Tex plead guilty to four counts of manslaughter…” It should be pleaded not plead.
In paragraph 2 I’m lost. I have no idea what you're talking about and how you're relating it to your current event. I have read “The Sniper” and yet I have no idea what you’re trying to get across. Try to add some background information about the story so that those reading your blog that have never read “The Sniper” aren’t lost.
Your third paragraph was good. Like I said in the beginning I totally agreed with you but some of your sentences sound little funky.
This event has to affect you in some way. Think harder. In the future maybe this could affect you. Would it ruin the trust adults have in teens?
Fix your citations.