Teen avoids jail with affluence defense in deadly drunk-driving case

Barry Krisberg quoted in AlJazeera America, December 12, 2013

Barry Krisberg, a senior fellow at UC Berkeley Law School, told Al Jazeera that while there are factors that mitigate criminal liability—such as mental illness, age and developmental disabilities—economic status is not one of them. “It just doesn’t make sense. The notion that because someone is wealthy, we shouldn’t hold them accountable is nutty.”