“Couch suffers from “affluenza,” according to his lawyer. That means his wealthy parents basically let him get away with it,” the Time (Grey) article explains. In 2013 in Keller, Texas, 16-year-old teenager Ethan Couch was driving drunk, exceeded the speed limit and crashed, resulting in four innocent deaths. Judge Jean Boyd, would have given him 20 years in state custody, but Couch's attorney told Judge Jean Boyd, Couch did not know the difference between right and wrong and was only able to convince Judge Boyd to give him 10 years of rehabilitation; where parents were willing to pay 450,000 a year for care. The rehab center was like a spa or a 10 year vacation. Many people are angry because they are abusing the insanity defense and should be tested. Some people don't care and just want freedom of thought. Although the insanity defense is sometimes overused, it is a justifiable alternative to prison. According to the article, “The Durham Rule was ultimately rejected by the federal courts because it cast too wide a net. Alcoholics, compulsive gamblers and drug addicts had successfully used the defense to defeat a wide variety of crimes,” (Insanity) this shows how people would abuse the insanity defense to get out of a crime. There was this case in which John Hinckley was schizophrenic and was charged with assault because he hit a stranger on the bus for no reason. John was explaining that he heard voices that he couldn't control. He knew what he did was wrong, but his impulse was uncontrollable and, because of his problem, he was not guilty. In 1843, an Englishman named Daniel M'Naghten killed the British minister Daniel thought that the British minister was conspiring Daniel put in... middle of paper... on trial killed a loved one, anyone would want that person in prison. Even if it hurts to see a family member suffer, people need to do the right thing. Works Cited "The Brain in Court." New York Times Magazine. Library of 11 March 2007. Network. 02 Apr. 2014. “Insanity Defense.” Law. Cornell.edu. Cornell University Law. Network. April 1, 2014. “A Four-Standard Insanity Defense Perspective.” The National Center for Biotechnology Information. Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. January 1991. Web. 14 April 2014. Reuters, Thomas. “Penal Code Model Test for Legal Insanity.” Findlaw.com. Network. April 14, 2014. Gray, Madison. “The Affluenza Defense: Judge Rules That Being a Rich Kid Makes Him Not Liable for Fatal Drunk Driving Accident.” Time.com. Network. May 1, 2014. 'The Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution' Codeenforcementhelp.com. Network. May 1st 2014