The Clever Helper

IT’S LIKE GALLIFREY. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE TIME LORDS. IF THE TIME LORDS WERE A SONG AND NOT A TITLE/RANK OF A SPECIES THIS WOULD BE THEM. BEAUTIFUL AND DEEP AND SAD AND DANGEROUS AND POWERFUL AND AT TIMES HEAVENLY.

"This is misleading. 

First, he was not facing a 20 year jail sentence, he was facing a 2 year jail sentence (juvenile exception in California penal code). The Judge was able to punish him more severely than what the prosecutors were asking. 

Second, there is no jury in California juvenile proceedings. So the defense attorneys didn’t actually argue that the kid had “affluenza.” 

Third, the parents were fined $450,000 per year for the next 10 years. 

Fourth, the kid is likely going to be sued in tort by the 4 families and will likely have to pay that verdict for the rest of his life. 

So he didn’t “get off only with probation.” Basically the kid is fucked as much as he could be given the state of the laws as written. Also CA three-strikes rule can put him in jail for life later.”