In regards to Stallworth's 30 day sentence, ESPN's "legal analyst" just said that he doesn't "view it as preferential. I think this is a good outcome for the victim, for the prosecutor, and especially for Stallworth."
6/17/2009 2:48:50 AM
I don't know what the precedents are for similar cases but I couldn't believe it when I heard he was only getting 30 days....he killed somebody, that's fucking ridiculous
6/17/2009 2:51:57 AM
Well at least the guy he killed came out good.
6/17/2009 2:53:24 AM
Yeah, wouldn't want the victim to see an unfair resolution to their trial, post-mortem.Really though, perhaps ESPN should just get rid of all the sports commentating/"news" stuff they do and just show sports.Sort of like how MTV should just show music videos.
6/17/2009 3:00:09 AM
6/17/2009 3:09:04 AM
the boys on pti were cool with it mainly because the family of the victim was cool with it (ie, $$$). both parties agreed to the deal, which includes 10 years probation and it will be a long time before he drives again. the main idea is that everyone is moving on and not tying it up in the courts, but when they only see 30 days on the headlines, it riles them upi am not a legal analyst and i am not defending stallworth. and I'm typing from a phone so I can't recheck my sources
6/17/2009 6:43:57 AM
AFAIK he'll never drive again, unless there's some sort of license suspension parole.I heard lifetime suspension.
6/17/2009 7:49:31 AM
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6/17/2009 8:04:22 AM
6/17/2009 8:14:05 AM
This is why you don't jaywalk, boys and girls.
6/17/2009 8:30:54 AM
no. this is why you don't drive drunk
6/17/2009 8:32:49 AM
following up on this, mike and mike had a legal analyst on this morning. he basically said stallworth's defense was so amazing because stallworth did all the right steps from the beginning: fessed up to it, did the blood test, didn't fuck off, etc. not to mention his bankroll and deals with insurance companies to take care of the victim's families was enough to satisfy the prosecution.getting onto recent nfl player crimes, they also brought up the interesting comparison to mike vick and how much time (2 years or so) he did for dogfighting. vick's case was different because he lied, tried to cover things up, failed drug tests on probation, and america loves dogs. plus, vick has a strong chance of not playing in the nfl again whereas stallworth would probably miss like half a season. it's all in the circumstances, but on the surface, one guy killed a dude while drunk and the other had dogfights. one got 30 days (actually it's 24) and the other over 2 years. america #1
6/17/2009 9:14:07 AM
6/17/2009 9:16:09 AM
6/17/2009 9:33:06 AM
How?
6/17/2009 9:38:27 AM
6/17/2009 9:44:58 AM
See to me, Vick deserves worse than Stallworth. Stallworth made a mistake and someone died. It was not like he intended to do harm although I agree his decision to drive drunk lead to it. But Vick knew exactly what he was doing and he intended to brutally harm dogs on a large scale. The person's intent matters more to me.Also on related NFL criminals, isn't Plaxico's facing a worse sentence than both of these guys? I mean he shot himself, wtf?
6/17/2009 9:51:38 AM
6/17/2009 10:10:53 AM
If I'm reading the right thing, the prosecution created the plea agreement.
6/17/2009 10:17:09 AM
Are you saying that's what you think should happen our what you think will happen?I agree that he shouldn't get more than that
6/17/2009 10:17:45 AM
That's what I think should happen. He'll likely get much worse.
6/17/2009 10:19:50 AM
I just said that to see what you would say
6/17/2009 10:21:16 AM
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