Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Stallworth to get 1 Month in Jail

It was announced earlier today that Donte Stallworth will be serving a month in jail after killing a man in March. For those not familiar with the case Stallworth was in Miami where he was drinking in a hotel bar, after he left he struck and killed 59 year old Mario Reyes, Stallworth's blood alcohol level was .126. Stallworth stated in his report that he tried to warn Reyes and also Reyes was also not in a crosswalk at the time of the accident. The first time i saw this i was extremely outraged i cant believe that he killed someone while driving drunk and all he gets is 30 days. I know the family got an undisclosed settlement so apparently they at least got something but this case shows the double standard for professional athletes. If me or any other average Joe got ourselves into this situation and was unable to buy our freedom there is no way we would get just 30 days. I'm sure that Stallworth is very upset about what happened and he will have to live with this for the rest of his life. But at least he gets to live the rest of his life and in a month he can get back to playing football. While the family has to go on missing a family member every day. This has to change just because Stallworth can buy his freedom doesn't mean he should be able to, i go with the old adage if you do the crime you do the time. One other point of interest will be what Roger Goodell and the NFL will do to Stallworth.

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