Comments on: Donte Stallworth receives slap on wrist, drops pass

By: poohbear

poohbear — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:27:37 +0000

plus if it was any other regular person they would have been in jail a long time damn bro i’ve seen people get arrested for 45 days fo stealing free sample cheesecake and donte kills some one and he 30 days wow im sad to say im frm miami bro our justice system sucks

By: poohbear

poohbear — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:23:29 +0000

Man fuck donte he needs to go jail wtf jus because you have money doesnt make you better than other people your still a murder I go to the same probation office as he does total asshole wudnt even talk to a fan fuck him he needs to get locked up

By: Jason Garrett's Mom

Jason Garrett's Mom — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:39:34 +0000

I’d like to preface what I’m about to say with: driving drunk is bad, drunk drivers should be punished and drunk drivers who hit and kill people should be punished more severely.

Having said that, I really don’t think a month behind bars plus two years of home confinement is at all unreasonable. In our legal system, the sentence a person receives is determined by his crime as well as aggravating and mitigating factors. In this case, mitigating factors abound, including:

1) His BAC was .126. If it takes 5 beers to get Stallworth to a .08, it would take 7.8 to get him to a .126. That extra beer doesn’t take you from tipsy-but-safe-to-drive to fall-down fuck-a-horse choke-on-your-vomit drunk. And more importantly, no one drinks 5 beers in 5 minutes then gets behind the wheel. Stallworth probably had a few drinks over the course of a few hours, and it’s perfectly plausible that he thought he was under the legal limit by the time he got behind the wheel.

2) Dude was jaywalking. That doesn’t make it ok to hit him, but it does move some of the responsibility away from Stallworth and onto his victim.

3) After the accident, he stuck around, took responsibility and showed remorse. Like it or not, those all count as mitigating factors here.

Remember, this isn’t Stallworth buying a reduced sentence. It’s a plea agreement negotiated between the state of Florida and Stallworth’s attorney, signed off upon by a judge. In those agreements, which are essential to the functioning of our legal system and our society, accused people agree to plead guilty in return, generally, for a slightly reduced sentence.

By: steelers fan

steelers fan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:30:24 +0000

is the justice system crazy 30 days for killing a person while driving drunk he should be thrown out of the nfl or made to play the steelers all alone

By: Plax's Owie Spot

Plax's Owie Spot — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:23:29 +0000

@ J.L.: are you fucking kidding me? The fish are already dead! I mean, I enjoy a good corpse toss from time to time but for fuck’s sake. What are they going to do now, go down to the golf courses and protest gopher traps? Fuck them.

By: Plax's Owie Spot

Plax's Owie Spot — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:21:27 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t Stallworth already been arrested for a DUI previously? How the FUCK did he get out of a 40 year sentence? I mean, granted he’s on probation for something like 8 years (woo fucking hoo) but still. At least his license is suspended for the rest of his life. Which won’t stop him from driving but whatever. It’s the thought that counts, right?

/is bitter and fucking hates people who drive drunk

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:28:17 +0000

This is kind of ridiculous. You just know if he was not as rich/not as famous, he’d be in jail a lot longer.

http://www.newsy.com/videos/questioning_justice_for_stallworth

By: Rocco

Rocco — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:52:33 +0000

Didn’t Vick get busted on the perjury/gambling charges, and not the actual dog-fighting? Yes, Stallworth should get more time. Sure it was an accident, but possibly preventable if he wasn’t under the influence. And as mentioned, federal charges are a lot worse than state/local charges. Doesn’t make it right, but Vick got what he deserved for a pre-meditated crime. It’s b.s. to compare their sentences.

By: Rock

Rock — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:07:19 +0000

Just to add to jurok, who is completely correct:

In Florida, Manslaughter is “the killing of a human being…without lawful justification” (Section 782.07) that doesn’t rise to the level of “unjustifiably killing another human being” such as premeditated murder, reckless disregard for human life, or felony murder, which doesn’t require specific intent but is more circumstantial. 782.04.

Manslaughter is a second degree felony, which is punishable up to 15 years in prison. 775.082.

Law nerdness aside, a friend of mine works at the Chicago prosecutor’s office and laughed his ass off when he heard 30 days. He says most people don’t get more than 5-8 years, but 30 days is laughable.

However, lets not forget the possibly MASSIVE wrongful death settlement that the family accepted.

/lawyer with too much time on his hands

By: markus

markus — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:31:58 +0000

This particulatr punishment should be spelled: man’s laughter