Really? “Affluenza”?!

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This is really puzzling to me and maybe it shouldn't be. Yes, I believe this young man needs to take responsibility for his actions. I actually think he got off pretty easy for murder, which is really what I believe it is if you a drunk and driving and get in an accident and kill someone. Kids no days really don't have any idea about the consequences for their actions, and it really comes down to the lack of parenting. I am glad to see that the mother was arrested and faces felony charges. Kelly Stevenson and Meghan Keneally of ABCNews.Go.com wrote a report on the situation -

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1600"] Mark J. Terrill/AP Photo[/caption] Tonya Couch, the mother of “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, was arrested today by the Los Angeles Police Department on a felony charge after arriving back in the United States from Mexico. She was being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Downtown Los Angeles, police said, as they wait for Texas authorities to take her home. Texas' Tarrant County District Attorney has formally charged her with Hindering Apprehension of a Felon and set bail at $1 million. It is still unclear when she will be transported from California to Texas. Tonya Couch, 48, was escorted overnight by officials from Los Angeles International Airport, Terminal 2, to an unmarked Sedan. Couch, who was wearing handcuffs, did not say anything.

Read the full story here - http://abcnews.go.com/US/affluenza-mom-tonya-couch-held-felony-charge/story?id=36024813 Now it turns out that Ethan may use a legal tactic to stall deportation. What's the point? The sooner he gets back and faces the music the faster he gets done with his time that he has to serve. We found this report also from ABCNews.Go.com that tells the story -

Lawyers for a Texas teen who cited "affluenza" as a defense in a deadly drunken-driving wreck may be attempting to stall his deportation to the United States by claiming that Mexican authorities violated his human rights, according to legal experts. Ethan Couch, 18, won a delay in his deportation based on a constitutional appeal in Mexico that could lead to a trial process that could last weeks or even months. Any flaw in the process of his detention by Mexican immigration authorities can be considered a violation of due process and of his human rights, San Antonio attorney Javier Lopez de Obeso, who is licensed to practice in Mexico, said Thursday. "If the immigration authorities didn't act properly, he can find a way to stay in Mexico for more time," said Lopez. If the judge considering the appeal decides there was a mistake made in the process of detaining Couch, he could be released, and authorities would have to re-arrest him, Lopez said. Treaties between the U.S. and Mexico say that Mexican authorities have to respect Couch's warrant in the U.S., so unless he files for asylum, he will not be able to stay in Mexico indefinitely, said Aldo Salazar, a Texas attorney also licensed to practice in Mexico. "Asylum is granted to those who can prove a well-founded fear of persecution. I'm not sure 'affluenza' would qualify," said immigration attorney Nicolas Chavez. Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson has said he believes Couch and his mother fled to Mexico in late November after a video surfaced that appears to show Couch at a party where people were drinking, which would be a violation of his probation. The mother and son were arrested Monday after using a phone to order pizza delivery that was traced to a condominium complex in the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta.

Continue Reading the article here - http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/affluenza-teen-delay-deportation-human-rights-law-36043889 I believe this kid needs to be made an example of - throw the book at him and make an example, along with his mother. Kids now days need to know that there are consequences for their actions, as well as their parents.