Illegal Procedure

From the June 30 Oakland Press -
Donte’ Stallworth (Cleveland Browns Wide Receiver) began serving a 30-day jail sentence Tuesday for killing a pedestrian while driving drunk in Florida, a punishment made possible by his cooperation with investigators and the fervent wish by the victim’s family to put the matter behind them, according to a report filed by the Associated Press.

From the August 20 Buffalo News -
One-time Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress (New York Giants Wide Receiver) on Thursday accepted a plea bargain with a two-year prison sentence for accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub.

OK, Donte' Stallworth was drunk, driving in his car, hit a man (pedestrian) and killed said man. Plaxico Burress was in a club, with a gun, shot himeslf and lived to tell about it.

Are you kidding me here? Stallworth was driving drunk and killed a pedestrian. Burress was in a club and accidentally shot HIMSELF in the leg. Stallworth gets 30 days and Burress gets 2 years... What is going on here?

Thank goodness that NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, was smart enough to realize that Stallworth got off way too light. He suspended Stallworth for the entire season. I've got to think that he was trying to make up for the court being so light on him.

What a joke...