If you’re a follower of this blog or interesting court cases in general, you probably remember the name Ethan Crouch, or how he’s sometimes better known as, the “affluenza” teen. Back in 2013, Couch got behind the wheel while driving drunk and killed four people in a crash. Couch was 16 at the time of […]
Youth Crime: Accepting Affuenza and Punishing PTSD
Back in February we heard the story of Ethan Couch, a 16-year-old boy who drove drunk and killed four people on a Texas highway. Couch’s attorneys argued at trial that the child’s parents were partly to blame because they gave their son everything he wanted and failed to set limits or discipline him. His attorneys […]
