Just 6 months for Brent?

[Ellsworth]

Lawyer guys: was this only possible bc of the victims family wanting mercy or how exactly does josh Brent only get 180 days when his buddy died at the scene and he was completely faced ?

[IronEagle]

Lawyer guys: was this only possible bc of the victims family wanting mercy or how exactly does josh Brent only get 180 days when his buddy died at the scene and he was completely faced ?

Perhaps you are forgetting about this:

Prosecutors were pushing for prison time for Brent, whose trial came weeks after a teenage boy in neighboring Tarrant County received no prison time for an intoxication manslaughter conviction in a drunken crash that killed four people. In that case, a defense expert argued that the teen deserved leniency because his parents had coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility -- a condition the expert termed "affluenza."

http://espn.go.com/dallas/nfl/story/...jail-probation

Also, it's Texas.

[tjl88]

Probably couldn't go too hard on him after that ridiculous affluenza case down there.

[Melchior]

Lawyer guys: was this only possible bc of the victims family wanting mercy or how exactly does josh Brent only get 180 days when his buddy died at the scene and he was completely faced ?

I don't know how this piece of shit gets 180 days with a previous DUI arrest.

In June 2009, he was sentenced to two years probation and 60 days in jail as part of a plea deal from a March 2009 DUI arrest in Champaign County, Illinois.

[Loki]

Hmm, we're well aware around here...

when it comes to the effects of coddling.

[Ellsworth]

.18, best friend dies, 6 months.

How??

[slag]

Judge must have had discretion in sentencing (ie. no mandatory minimum over 180) and I heard the mother of the guy who died made a strong pitch for leniency.

Why?

I have no idea ... but that's what I heard.