{"id":11807,"date":"2013-12-14T00:25:06","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T08:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11807"},"modified":"2013-12-14T00:25:06","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T08:25:06","slug":"republicans-on-parade12142013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/14\/republicans-on-parade12142013\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans on Parade–12\/14\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here is the thirty-fifth article in our Republicans on Parade series, featuring individuals who personify what the Republican Party has become. Today\u2019s honoree is Jean Boyd, a Texas State District Judge.  She is so honored for making justice truly Republican, something that can be bought by the 1%.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"1214Jeanboyd\"16-year old Ethan Couch was driving drunk at THREE times the legal limit and had Valium in his system.  He plowed into four people going 70 miles per hour in a 40 mile per hour zone, killing them.  Other victims are severely injured; one has severe brain damage.  Even after he killed and maimed those people, he was uncooperative and combative with the emergency services and walked away from the police saying "I’m outta here"<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty, of course.  But Ethan’s parents are very wealthy. (We are talking the 1%.)  They hired an attorney that brought on a psychologist to say Couch was "a product of wealth" and was used to getting "whatever he wanted".  Because he was so affluent and accustomed to never having consequences, the attorney argued that he should get therapy as opposed to jail…<\/p>\n

…Prosecutors tried to get 20 years.   The Defense argued for therapy and probation. <\/p>\n

Texas State District Judge Jean Boyd<\/a> bought the inane "I’m too rich for consequences" defense and actually sided with the Defense<\/a> and gave him probation<\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis original<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here\u2019s video coverage:<\/font><\/p>\n