tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15377771.post5671772110087076649..comments2024-03-13T03:27:50.582-04:00Comments on Smart Football: Former NFL runningback Travis Henry gets 3 years in federal prison for drug dealingChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204245083374821812noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15377771.post-6114033533494992912009-07-16T15:28:18.386-04:002009-07-16T15:28:18.386-04:00This is not to defend Drunk Driving but the stats ...This is not to defend Drunk Driving but the stats that Al stated are made up. The numbers from the NHTSA are 15,000 alcohol related deaths a year and the numbers have been pretty much steady the last 15 years. Never mind that the key word is related, meaning anyone that is suspected of drinking (or any male between the ages of 21 to 45 that died in a single car accident between 10pm and 5am) is counted say a passenger or a pedestrian. In the Stallworth case for example if he was stone cold sober and hit that same pedestrian it would count as a drunk driving fatality. The reason he was given what seems like a lite sentence is the states case was not that strong for anything more than DUI/DWI. At trail a jury might very well buy the argument that he assumed he was sober as his last drink was hours ago and he had a nights sleep or that his impairment had anything to do with the accident. <br /><br />Plexico on the other hand is getting railroaded for political reasons. Anyone else with a similar employment and legal history would get a suspended sentence.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347435938763672302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15377771.post-70496505839041437692009-07-16T14:51:50.797-04:002009-07-16T14:51:50.797-04:00@loneweasel
"while engaging in maybe the mos...@loneweasel<br /><i><br />"while engaging in maybe the most fatal and reckless behavior around: drunk driving."<br /><br />Whoa. Let's not go overboard here.</i><br /><br />First, let us acquaint ourselves with some alarming statistics: 250,000 people have died in alcohol-related accidents in the past 10 years; 25,000 people die each year in alcohol related accidents; 500 people are killed weekly and 71 people daily in alcohol-related accidents; one American life is lost every 20 minutes in an alcohol-related car crash; and one out of every two Americans is likely to be involved in an alcohol-related accident in his lifetime. Every year, 708,000 persons are injured, 74,000 of them seriously, in alcohol-related crashes. About 2,000 people receive injuries each day in alcohol-related accidents.<br /><b><br />I would say that Chris was dead on in his assesment.</b>Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12465963689237791759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15377771.post-39201083639290688472009-07-16T12:43:41.492-04:002009-07-16T12:43:41.492-04:00And also add, in stallworth's defense, that he...And also add, in stallworth's defense, that he was not extremely drunk, and the person he hit was also drunk and acting recklessly. It is not entirely clear that Stallworth would have been able to miss the man had he not been drinking.<br /><br />I would say that in most of these cases, the judge was able to look at the case in light of intent and actual damages and come up with a reasonable verdict. Most cases that get a lot of press about being unreasonable seem unreasonable because we don't have all the facts that the judge and jury did at the time of the trial - the remainder are a result of bad lawyers.<br /><br />Or, in Plaxico's case, a state that is so afraid of guns that it wants to *require* a man be put in jails for two years for accidentally hurting himself. In Ohio it is entirely reasonable that this might be pled down to a misdemeanor, or at worst a very mild felony.Yrrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05533533699684806728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15377771.post-22255785235783849682009-07-16T10:48:51.150-04:002009-07-16T10:48:51.150-04:00Intent.
It's kinda important in American jur...Intent. <br /><br />It's kinda important in American jurisprudence.<br /><br />Henry damn well intended to traffic cocaine.<br /><br />Vick damn well intended to organize and finance an interstate gambling ring.<br /><br />Stallworth did not intend to kill that guy (who was a jaywalker in a six lane highway, that's kinda important too). <br /><br />"while engaging in maybe the most fatal and reckless behavior around: drunk driving."<br /><br />Whoa. Let's not go overboard here.loneweaselnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15377771.post-91997605792648959712009-07-16T10:39:43.126-04:002009-07-16T10:39:43.126-04:00True, but he was only charged with possession; the...True, but he was only charged with possession; the discharge was just evidence of that possession.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07204245083374821812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15377771.post-82985330658176438892009-07-16T10:28:05.698-04:002009-07-16T10:28:05.698-04:00Plaxico discharged a firearm in a club! He wasn...Plaxico discharged a firearm in a club! He wasn't simply carrying a gun. This is a very serious incident that should be punished harshly. It's a big responsibility to carry a gun. He's just lucky no one got hurt.AAnoreply@blogger.com