DALLAS -- Josh Brent stood in front of a judge and listened patiently and silently about his fate. He wasn’t in front of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell or a room of his football peers. There were no NFL coaches or scouts determining Brent’s future on Friday. There were 10 women, and two men, making a decision in a Dallas courtroom. Brent was given a 10-year suspended sentence for being convicted of intoxication manslaughter for his role in the drunken driving accident that killed his best friend and teammate, Jerry Brown.
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