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Parents go through. there was a 14-year-old boy who punched somebody, and that person fell down, hit his -- hit their head on the sidewalk and died, this same judge sentenced that young man, whose african american and 14 to the juvenile justice facility, which also has rehab in it, but is a juvenile justice facility. why should there be a accept pretty system for rich people? >> first of all, that young man that cause the the death of another youngster, knowingly and intentionally, first of all, may have had a -- >> actually, let me stop, you sir -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> you're misstatin...

Himself, or this kid who has this disease, affluenza, which makes him think it's okay to get drunk, get behind the wheel, drive 30 miles over the speed limit and kill innocent victims. so, i think that this case is -- i think it's clear cut. most people watching understand how ridiculous this is, and we also have to remember this is one judge who made a decision that i don't think most judges would have made, but i think the reason it struck a cord with so many people around the country is because they see this kind of i'm balance justice, this accept pretty and unequal way of doing things tha...

Cases, and the family code tells her that she has got to act in the best interest of the child, that rehabilitation unlike vengeance and deterrence in felony court is job one. after hearing three days worth of testimony, which is virtually heard of in juvenile court, this judge decided that this was the appropriate sentence considering the facts of the case -- >> so let me ask you, though, why, though, just because this young man comes from a rich family and his dad can pay $450,000 a year for a rehab facility that has equine therapy and daily yoga classes and counseling and mix the marshall a...

Know, a defendant like ethan couch does not have to testify, that's his right but during a civil case like this he can indeed become pelled to testify. >> gary, heart breaking what that family is going through. joining me live, brian weiss, cnn jeffrey toobin and brois watkins, co-founder of "your back world.com." brian, you believe the judge in this case did the right thing sentencing ethan couch not to a juvenile justice facility but instead to a top of the line rehab facility that his family is going to pay for in california. why do you think that is appropriate? why is that justice? >> bec...

Were immediately put into lockup and they had to go through certain programs in order to get out of lockup. >> the violation is known as rule 38. and the prison's warden had developed a no-nonsense approach to dealing with it. >> my rule is, if you get caught with a 38, there's no questions asked. we're locking you up. we'll sort it out later, but for the time being, you're going to lockup. that's just automatic. okay? the first offense is 90 days, second time i double it, third time it goes to 270, the fourth time it's a year. >> but it happened a lot for some reason there. it was getting to ...