A Texas teen was sentenced to 10 years' probation in a drunk-driving case in which four people were killed. Prosecutors had asked Judge Jean Boyd to sentence Ethan Couch to 20 years in jail on charges that two people were severely injured, The Florida Times-Union reports. However, Couch received no jail time.
A defense expert testified that the teen's wealthy parents "coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility," naming the condition "affluenza." Defense attorney Reagan Wynn said that his client was "misunderstood."
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