JUSTICE ???
Posted by Gil Harris on June 18th, 2009
Wow… Tuesday Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth plead guilty to Stallworth pleaded guilty Tuesday to manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol in exchange for a lighter sentence. Stallworth faced up to 15 years in jail for the death of 59-year-old construction worker Mario Reyes, who supposedly was running across the street when he was struck by Stallworth, who apparently had been out on drinking prior to the incident. That must have been one hell of a plea deal because Stallworth was only sentenced 30 days in the clank, 2 years of house arrest and 8 years probation. Are you serious ?
I mean look at it this way…. Micheal Vick killed some dogs… some dogs!!! Know in no way am I condoning the actions of Vick, but come on where are we as a society today in our flawed justice system. Stallworth took a human life a man with a family, correct me if I’m wrong but last time I checked once you die there’s no coming back from that. Stallworth will more then likely see a suspension from the league maybe 4 games, Yet, Micheal Vick gets involved with dog fighting, spends almost a year in jail, loses all his endorsements, goes bankrupt, booted from the NFL which he undoubtedly will have to fight to get back into. I’ll let you do the math there.
June 18th, 2009 at 9:13 am
The judge must have came to a conclusion that the Donte probably wouldn’t have been able to stop even if he wasn’t drinking. That is the only way I see him making his sentence so light. The whole thing just doesn’t add up though.
June 18th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Yeah your right it doesn’t add up. I wonder what the settlement was with the victims family, to avoid the civil trial.
June 18th, 2009 at 10:21 am
Yea, that stuff is always kept closed. I would think 7 figures for sure though.