Deadly Decisions – The Ethan Couch and Justine Winter stories

In June 2013, 16-year-old Ethan Couch drove drunk at nearly three times the legalalcohol limit, speeding through a residential area in Texas before crashing into a groupof people helping a stranded motorist. The crash killed four people. Couch's casebecame infamous after his defense argued that his wealthy, permissiveupbringing—dubbed "affluenza"—left him unable to understand the consequences of hisactions. Instead of prison, he initially received probation, sparking widespread publicoutrage.In March 2009, 16-year-old Justine Winter was speeding and illegally passing traffic ona two-lane highway near Missoula, Montana, when she crossed the center line andcrashed head-on into another vehicle. The collision killed a woman who was eightmonths pregnant and her 13-year-old son, devastating an entire family and leading toWinter's conviction on multiple homicide charges.https://abcnews.com/US/affluenza-dui-case-happened-night-accident-left-people/story?id=34481444https://www.nytimes.com/topic/ethan-couchhttps://mezrano.com/alabama/car-accidents/drunk-driving/https://missoulian.com/guilty-teen-drops-lawsuit-against-family-of-victims-in-fatal-crash/article_de025f9e-c303-5b0a-8085-3526c112f17b.html?mode=nowapphttps://abcnews.com/US/justine-winters-court-statement/story?id=14283064https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14242654/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.