Stallworth to serve 30 days

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by Giantone

Stallworth was drunk both are stupid but Burress was sober when he took the gun out that night and then shot himself and tried to cover it up and still has not taken any responsability for his actions.Both did dumb things but they a very different situations.
Stallworth knows he killed someone and will live with that the rest of his life,Burress still doesn't think he did a damn thing wrong.

Are you really trying to compare these crimes? Who gives a s--- if Burress was sober. He didn't hurt a soul. Stallworth killed a human being. Bottom line.

Shoot yourself in the leg or kill a human being. No comparison.

Or are you mad that he probably cost you a title?

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by Pocket$ $traight

Are you really trying to compare these crimes? Who gives a s--- if Burress was sober. He didn't hurt a soul. Stallworth killed a human being. Bottom line.

Shoot yourself in the leg or kill a human being. No comparison.

Or are you mad that he probably cost you a title?

Yeah he wasn't charged with shooting somebody. That's the law in NY as far as guns go.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Pocket$ $traight

Are you really trying to compare these crimes?

Or are you mad that he probably cost you a title?

No , someone else did and I was explaining the difference but I think that went by you.

[MasterBlaster]

nice lawyer work

[Pocket$ $traight]

The sad part is that all the family cares about is the payout. That is why it is only 30 days. They want Stallworth to be able to pay them off.

Pretty pathetic on their part.

[SkinDogg]

Originally Posted by Pocket$ $traight

The sad part is that all the family cares about is the payout. That is why it is only 30 days. They want Stallworth to be able to pay them off.

Pretty pathetic on their part.

Maybe Dad was a jerk. Plenty of deadbeats around beating up their wives and kids. So along comes a rich, drunk, football player...millions for you or Lock Up raw for him...you call it.

Not saying at all Poppa was a deadbeat, but I'm also saying the good guys don't always take the bullet.

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by SkinDogg

Maybe Dad was a jerk. Plenty of deadbeats around beating up their wives and kids. So along comes a rich, drunk, football player...millions for you or Lock Up raw for him...you call it.

Not saying at all Poppa was a deadbeat, but I'm also saying the good guys don't always take the bullet.

That very well may be true but I hope I never get to the point where I would rather hit the lottery than pursue justice for someone that I am related to.

I guess I was just raised different.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by Pocket$ $traight

The sad part is that all the family cares about is the payout. That is why it is only 30 days. They want Stallworth to be able to pay them off.

Pretty pathetic on their part.

How do you know that?Seems like a pretty ignorant statement to make if you don't know the people.Is it possoble they could create ohhh....lets say a scholarship fund in the preson's name ......or something along that line, due you think it's possible that maybe the family believe's he is truely sorry and can do more good outside of prison then in it?

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by Giantone

How do you know that?Seems like a pretty ignorant statement to make if you don't know the people.Is it possoble they could create ohhh....lets say a scholarship fund in the preson's name ......or something along that line, due you think it's possible that maybe the family believe's he is truely sorry and can do more good outside of prison then in it?

I bet that is exactly what happened. Where is the outcry? They had a forum and they chose to take a check. Maybe I am making a false assumption, but I doubt it...

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by Pocket$ $traight

I bet that is exactly what happened. Where is the outcry? They had a forum and they chose to take a check. Maybe I am making a false assumption, but I doubt it...

I think you're probably right. The man who was killed was running across the street trying to catch a bus at 7:15AM to get home AFTER a construction shift. We're talking a 59 year-old man with no automobile working a construction graveyard shift. It's pretty easy to assume that their family didn't have much money. I guess their idea of justice was focused more on dollars and cents than jail time.

I don't want to judge the family or try to diminish their love for this man. But IMO it's totally valid to judge their motives. I'm sure the attorney working the case was pretty darn influential on that matter as well. He likely sold them on the idea that they could make a boatload of cash (of which he'd get a nice %), and how that was the best course of action.

Anyway, I don't necessarily agree with it, but it's not awful either.

[53Fan]

Originally Posted by GMScud

I think you're probably right. The man who was killed was running across the street trying to catch a bus at 7:15AM to get home AFTER a construction shift. We're talking a 59 year-old man with no automobile working a construction graveyard shift. It's pretty easy to assume that their family didn't have much money. I guess their idea of justice was focused more on dollars and cents than jail time.

I don't want to judge the family or try to diminish their love for this man. But IMO it's totally valid to judge their motives. I'm sure the attorney working the case was pretty darn influential on that matter as well. He likely sold them on the idea that they could make a boatload of cash (of which he'd get a nice %), and how that was the best course of action.

Anyway, I don't necessarily agree with it, but it's not awful either.

You mean to question their motives? I find it hard to judge them without knowing the full story. I find it best not to judge anyway. They have their reasons I'm sure and nothing is going to bring him back. Tragic accident.

[skinsfan69]

Look at it from the othe side. Stallworth hit the guy at like 6 or 7am. He'd already left the bar a long time ago. Plus the guy was J walking. There is another side to the story. If he was stone sober could he have prevented this? Who knows.

[GMScud]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

Look at it from the othe side. Stallworth hit the guy at like 6 or 7am. He'd already left the bar a long time ago. Plus the guy was J walking. There is another side to the story. If he was stone sober could he have prevented this? Who knows.

One thing I don't get (and I admit I haven't read a ton about this case) is that reports say Stallworth flashed his lights at the man in an attempt to warn him before he hit him. Umm, rather than flash your lights, how about you slam on the brakes?

[FRPLG]

From what I had have heard this type of sentence is relatively common in cases with similar circumstances and evidence. Apparently the burden of proof by Fla law includes proving that the accused's intoxication directly led to the death. Given that the victim was jay-walking there was precedence that he might have been found not guilty and done no time at all.

To me the most interesting part of this whole thing is the comparison to Vick. Vick's crimes are obviously pretty sh*tty but in the end he went to the poke for a long dam time for killing some dogs and DOnte killsanother human and ends up serving 30 days and 2 years home confinement. What the hell is wrong with our priorities in this country?

[Pocket$ $traight]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

From what I had have heard this type of sentence is relatively common in cases with similar circumstances and evidence. Apparently the burden of proof by Fla law includes proving that the accused's intoxication directly led to the death. Given that the victim was jay-walking there was precedence that he might have been found not guilty and done no time at all.

To me the most interesting part of this whole thing is the comparison to Vick. Vick's crimes are obviously pretty sh*tty but in the end he went to the poke for a long dam time for killing some dogs and DOnte killsanother human and ends up serving 30 days and 2 years home confinement. What the hell is wrong with our priorities in this country?

I agree 100%.

I think Chris Rock sums it up pretty well...

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