Should Ethan Couch Be Killed With An Adult?
Does a human being deserve to go to prison for their whole life? Ethan Couch is a reckless teenager who drove while intoxicated and high, killing four people and injuring eleven the process. Ethan Couch should be tried as an adult with a reduced sentence because of the severity of the crime, it is in the best interest for him and society and also he could change.
Ethan Couch should be tried with an adult sentence because of the extreme severity and pure calamity caused by his crime. Ethan, drunken, apparently just coming from a party at his own private home raced down the street where this monstrous crash took place. “A highly intoxicated Couch sped down the narrow two lane country road reportedly traveling at nearly seventy miles per hour …show more content…
Although, Ethan Couch has done this terrible thing, the blame is not all on him. “Couch’s irresponsible lifestyle associated with his affluent upbringing and irresponsible parenting strongly enabled the accident” (Klass and Valiente). This evidence reveals that Ethan’s parents extremely wealthy life has obviously influenced him. This conveys that Ethan has a chance to change, to guide himself away from that lifestyle. Also, the reduced sentence would give him a reasonable amount of time to change. “Research by American social scientists showed that all but the most exceptional crimes even violent ones, mature out of lawbreaking before middle age, meaning that long sentencing does little to prevent crime” (Goldstein, nytimes).There is no reason for Ethan to spend his whole life in prison or with a full sentence if in the midst of his sentence he has become a better person and changed. In conclusion, Ethan Couch should be given a change to alter his incautious lifestyle during a reduced …show more content…
Although, it’s true that Ethans crime is very severe, it doesnt change the fact that Ethan could change. Couch has proven tnst his parents have guided him strongly into an unhealthy lifestyle. Thus, Ethan Couch should be given a reduced sentence, due to his parents, which have shaped him into the careless person he has become. This fact shows that he could grow of the irresponsible life his parents have related with him for sixteen years. As a result, he should be given a reduced
Ethan Couch should be tried with an adult sentence because of the extreme severity and pure calamity caused by his crime. Ethan, drunken, apparently just coming from a party at his own private home raced down the street where this monstrous crash took place. “A highly intoxicated Couch sped down the narrow two lane country road reportedly traveling at nearly seventy miles per hour …show more content…
Although, Ethan Couch has done this terrible thing, the blame is not all on him. “Couch’s irresponsible lifestyle associated with his affluent upbringing and irresponsible parenting strongly enabled the accident” (Klass and Valiente). This evidence reveals that Ethan’s parents extremely wealthy life has obviously influenced him. This conveys that Ethan has a chance to change, to guide himself away from that lifestyle. Also, the reduced sentence would give him a reasonable amount of time to change. “Research by American social scientists showed that all but the most exceptional crimes even violent ones, mature out of lawbreaking before middle age, meaning that long sentencing does little to prevent crime” (Goldstein, nytimes).There is no reason for Ethan to spend his whole life in prison or with a full sentence if in the midst of his sentence he has become a better person and changed. In conclusion, Ethan Couch should be given a change to alter his incautious lifestyle during a reduced …show more content…
Although, it’s true that Ethans crime is very severe, it doesnt change the fact that Ethan could change. Couch has proven tnst his parents have guided him strongly into an unhealthy lifestyle. Thus, Ethan Couch should be given a reduced sentence, due to his parents, which have shaped him into the careless person he has become. This fact shows that he could grow of the irresponsible life his parents have related with him for sixteen years. As a result, he should be given a reduced