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former federal prosecutor doug burns is her with us and remi spencer.s is outrageous on any level. >> you don't need t be a lawyer to understand that this case is tragic and the outcome is incomprehensible. a couple of points that most viewers probably don't realize is that this is a juvenile and not an adult in the system works differently for juveniles. it is about rehabilitation as opposed to punishment. the headlines here have been about the "affluenza" defense. but there has been much of a case than that. keep in mind ts isis a record standard and not intentional. >> the affluenza" defense, others have set up a meeting. on the pshiatric point of view and then it is junk law. it's never going to be any nd of recognize defense. and she is right. the fact of the matter is that slightly skewed. >> a judge who made a bad decision. the but forget this, it's stupid. and i personally prefer this direct plainspoken language. the idea that this dickstein-year-old that age, he had a drivers license, does not? >> that is correct, he did. >> has been accepted b

federal prosecutor, criminal defense attorney, doug burns, trial attorney, former prosecutor, remi spencereous on any level the way in which this has proceeded. >> you certainly don't need to be a lawyer to understand this case is tragic, and the outcome is incomprehsible. a couple of pointshat most viewers probably don't realize. this was a juvenile, not adult. it works differently for juveniles. it is about rehabilitation opposed to punishment. the headlines, has been out the affluenza defense, but there's been more to the case than that. keep in mind, this is a reckless standard, not intentional. mean, others have said it before me, from the psychiatric and psychological point, it is junk science. from the legal pointof viw, it is junk law. forget it. it's never going to be any type of recognized defense. and remi is right, the fact of the matter is the case gets slightly distorted because i am not so sure, i think the adlines kind of overran. >> a judge who may have made a bad decision. but forget the affluenza thing, it is stupid. sorry to so blunt. >> i personally prefer direct spoke