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He may think hes gotten away with something, but he hasnt gotten away with anything. >> the wounds that it opened only makes the healing process that much greater. and much more difficult. >> eric boyles lost his wife and daughter that night in june. >> we had over 180 years of life taken. future life not 180 years lived, but 180 future years of life taken and two of those were my wife and daughter. >> hollie and shelby boyles were helping breanna mitchell to change a flat tire. a youth pastor a...

Were and ultimately they gave their life. >> mr. boyles, i am so outraged and sorry and im just -- i appreciate you spending some time with us tonight. thank you. >> thank you. >> eric boyles whose wife and daughter were killed by a young drunk driver. a lot of issues to discuss, joining me drew pensky, mark car ra goes and sunny hostin. mark is a criminal defense attorney and sunny is a former prosecutor. drew, let me start off with you. have you heard of affluenza as a defense? >> no, its disg...

Killed in the car after boyle slammed into them. the most seriously hurt remains hospitalized. he remains paralyzed. eric boyles tells us he is now ready to talk. mr. boyle, thank you for talking to us at this unimaginable time for you. im so sorry for your loss. when you heard the sentence that was handed down, that this young man received only probation for killing your wife holly and your daughter shelby, as well as two other people, what went through your mind? >> i was unprepared for the se...

A juvenile court judge sentenced the 16-year-old to ten years of probation, but no jail time for the fatal crash over the summer. he was speeding and had a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit when he struck four pedestrians. couchs attorneys blame his rich parents for the behavior. one defense witness claimed the young man suffered from affluenza. a syndrome that keeps someone from a wealthy background from learning that bad behavior has consequences. after the sentencing, eric boyle...

Supervise juvenile offenders. it anticipates that even for crimes like this, someone could get probation. so i guess the question i have for everybody out there who is outraged -- i understand, its a really horrific case. is it because hes rich, is it because that he is simply -- everybody who commits a homicide, dui, juvenile or not, should go to jail for 20 years? if thats the rule, then thats what we need to move towards. be mindful, texas already has a very strict sentencing regime for juven...

Always been there. money always seems to keep ethan out of trouble. this was one time i did ask the court that -- for justice and that for money not to prevail. ultimately, today i felt like money did prevail. >> joining me now, former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst kendall coffee. kendall, thanks for your time here. we heard from eric boyles there that money, in his opinion, prevailed here. the psychologist who testified, a defense witness, in addition to saying that ethan couch had...

Just like you would hope that someone would do for my family, my daughters as well, and ultimately, they gave up themselves. were proud of them for being the good samaritans that they were and ultimately they gave their life. >> mr. boyles, i am so outraged and sorry and im just -- i appreciate you spending some time with us tonight. thank you. >> thank you. >> eric boyles, whose wife and daughter were killed by a young drunk driver. a lot of issues to discuss, joining me now, dr. drew pinsky, a...