Edel Gonzalez

Every person is equal in front of the law. The justice has to be the same regardless to a person’s economic status or influence. The famous Greek philosopher, “Aristotle”, once stated, “At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst”. Crimes have a significant impact on today’s society. The crime rate is increasing in a greater pace among the teenagers. According to the recent survey, the teenagers commit 20% of the total crimes. The high crime rate among the teenagers is due to several reasons involving a person’s family condition, no proper parental supervision, community experience and the environment he grew up. In the present scenario, a person’s economic status can make the justice flexible

It can be clearly noted that, Edel Gonzalez was just 16 years when he got indulged in this illegal activity. A minor receiving such a sentence happens only in The United States of America and it is very sad to hear that, he is one among 330 people in California, who had received this sentence at that age. His suppressing childhood and no proper parental supervision is also one of the reasons for being involved in such a brutal activity. Edel Gonzalez was completely drunk and went along with two other adults for stealing a car. One among the adults shot and killed the driver whose car they were trying to steal. Although Edel was not directly responsible for the murder, he was sentenced to a life in prison without a parole. Even though, Edel did not perform the shooting, he was convicted of murder for being part of the incident. He was just a minor when he got indulged in stealing, but still he got the same punishment as the other two adults. When Elizabeth Calvin addressed Edel at the age of 38,

Ethan Couch and his friends drank beer by stealing from the local Walmart before the crash. Actually, the legal blood alcohol level for someone with legal drinking age while driving is 0.08. But, Ethan was driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.24, which is three times the legal limit for any individual with legal drinking age. Although Ethan Couch was directly responsible for killing four people, he was not convicted of murder. Ethan couch have a good economic status in society and has a good support of wealthier parents, who don’t set restrictions on him. Ethan Couch’s attorneys claim that he cannot be responsible for the death of four people. Couch’s attorneys named his condition as “affluenza”. Affluenza is a psychological sickness supposedly affecting wealthy young people and its symptoms include lack of motivation, feelings of guilt, and a sense of isolation. Ethan Couch was just sentenced to 10 years’ probation for killing four people in June 2013. In addition to that, he was also allowed to enter an alcohol treatment facility. Here, the law A13 did not come into effect, which was applied in the case of Edel Gonzalez for the role he played in attempting to steal a car. Justice has to be the same