[quote=Feed]Oh that's adorable... to think, there should be a semblance of fairness in our justice system!!! Oh the days where white men and white women have an equal chance of going to jail as minority men and minority women. When children can grow up in the hood and aspire to be something other than their best friend's cell mate. But yeah, I heard about that aforementioned case the other day. Pretty crazy. But, I doubt at this point she'll be able to take the "affluenza" defense and on top of that her attorney's can't even make an equal protection act because the fact that she has had a previous DUI will make a difference. However, maybe her lawyers will make an argument like "because she is a poor minority, she was more prone to drinking and cannot be held responsible for her actions because society forced her into a position where drinking and driving under the influence are commonly accepted acts." Quite frankly, I'm not sure what is wrong with people these days....
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Ethan Crouch's lawyer (who was doing his job to the best of his ability, to be fair) and the judge (who didn't...) threw that door wide open. With people like that sitting a bench, it's very easy to understand how one can justify tying a judge's hands with mandatory sentencing minimums, even if we see the evil that does. It's the age old problem of giving someone discretion...but also giving them immunity from the consequence of their actions. There should be more investigation and outright punishment of judges, public officials, district attorneys and police that knowingly obstruct or subvert the justice system for their own purposes, while continuing the tradition (hell, even enhancing it) of discretion from the bench.

But it's hard to really argue that in the face of stuff like this.