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Topic: NY Giants' Plaxico Burress is an Idiot
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Chad Souder
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From: Waterloo, IA, USA
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posted 04-02-2009 09:40 PM
Add Donte Stallworth to the list of idiodic premium athletes that, despite their vast resources, carelessly throw their marketability away. Seriously, when cab fare for him would be like buying a gumball to most of us, why would you ever choose to drive drunk? Go figure, he kills a pedestrian and, like Burress, gets to take an extended vacation from his high-paying job. If he does ever return to the NFL, his value will be severly diminished. I just don't get these guys. Oh, and Michael Phelps is a huge idiot too, but that one is kind of outdated.
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Chad Souder
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posted 08-20-2009 05:02 PM
quote: Bobby Henderson
What pisses me off really badly about this is Burress may end up walking with a slap on the wrist because he is an NFL star. The fucker should get charged and convicted of a FELONY. That's what would happen to any of us under the same circumstances.
Well you got your wish. Burress made a plea deal today earning himself 2 years in prison. Now, I think he's very stupid and all for putting himself in that position, but 2 years? Really? I think he deserves the millions he has and will lose in NFL checks, and a little jail time would further send a message that NY is serious about their gun laws, but 2 years in prison for what amounts to carrying without a permit, not having his gun licensed and shooting somewhere where you're not supposed to... That seems a bit extreme to me, considering Donte Stallworth got 24 days for killing that pedestrian while drunk. It just doesn't match up in my mind. I have a feeling if any of us had done the same, we would have gotten off, by comparison, with a slap on the wrist.
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Chad Souder
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posted 08-20-2009 09:41 PM
I completely agree with you, Chris, in some cases. I just think that in the true goals of the justice system - rehabilitation, incapacitation (for protection of society), retribution or deterrence - this is clearly a sentence of deterrence. They are making an example of someone famous for the purposes of deterring others of doing the same. His crime was not one that you would rehabilitate from being that, regardless of whether it was paranoia or legitimate risk, in his mind he broke the law in an effort to protect himself. Likewise, he has shown no risk to the rest of society as the target was his leg and most likely accidental. Certainly no risk that a house arrest couldn't remove. And as far as retribution, he could do more repaying society on this issue by being ordered to teach children about proper firearm safety or that sort of thing, much like Vick is working with the Humane Society.
I think the same effect of deterrence could have been achieved with a much shorter prison sentence, saving the state the money of housing a high-profile prisoner. Any warden will tell you they hate celebrity prisoners due to all the extra attention they must pay them to keep them safe. A brief prison term with a more lengthy probation including house arrest would be much cheaper and deliver the same effect. An average person in NY who wants to carry a gun illegally will continue to do so regardless of how long Burress stays in custody of the state. I personally don't care about what the city, county or state of New York spend on their prisoners because I don't live there. It just bothers me seeing resources wasted when the effect will be minimal.
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