Per The Ticket: Josh Brent sentenced to 10 years Probation and 180 days in jail.

[WoodysGirl]

 

[jterrell]

Read in a recent article that Brown's daughter is getting a stipend or has something in place for the future because of his tenure in the NFL. She will be well taken care of financially.

Would be interesting to hear more about that given his fleeting NFL status.
Hopefully that family wants for nothing.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Would be interesting to hear more about that given his fleeting NFL status.
Hopefully that family wants for nothing.

I posted it, but you know stuff like this doesn't get much traction mid-season.

The highlights..

http://www.***BANNED-URL***/sports/...remains-a-champion-of-courage-forgiveness.ece

Seven weeks after Brown died, his first child was born: Mya Lee Brown. The NFL has extended benefits to Brown’s daughter. The baby’s mother, Andrea Bosquez, lives in San Antonio, and Jackson stays in constant contact with the two. They just spent Thanksgiving with Jackson at her home in Champaign, Ill.

Garrett has called Jackson every month since her son died to see how she’s doing. Jones has phoned Jackson every other month.

“They don’t have to do that,” Jackson said. “My son is gone. He was on the practice squad. He was really a nobody. For them to call and do that is special. The Dallas Cowboys are in a class by themselves.”

Garrett even called Jackson on Mother’s Day and Brown’s birthday in mid-October.

The Cowboys still support Brent who retired from football before the season. Earlier this week, Church was at Brent’s house, and Brent visited McCray’s house to play video games.

Jones said he talked to Brent three weeks ago. Jones said Brent has a daughter to support, and the Cowboys helped get Brent a job at a local warehouse driving a forklift.

Jackson said she’s worried about Brent taking his own life, so she often checks in with him.

She said she’s thankful for the NFL’s support for her granddaughter. Jones said the NFL extended financial and educational benefits to Brown’s daughter.

“Jerry left his daughter in inordinate financial shape if you consider the raising of a child and the education of a child in that respect,” Jones said. “I’m proud for their family that she’ll have that kind of life. That’s in place.”

Jackson and Brown’s father, Jerry Brown Sr., recently filed separate civil lawsuits against Beamers Nightclub, alleging the club served alcohol excessively to Brent.

 

[jterrell]

I feel like the fact that he was not just over the limit, but more than 2 times over the limit is going to hamper an attempted distinction between legal and actual intoxication.

You two are amongst are brighter posters so probably guess that this is about impacting a jury more so than making legal headway.
The DA wants to charge and deliver a full guilty verdict with severe penalties.
Brent probably even deserves that.

But the greater good may be a different thing and the norm is certainly a less severe verdict than the known plea offers which were all long prison sentences.

If he was to receive anything less than 2 years the guy would be out almost immediately on time-served.

The truth is the best way to impact his future and assure he drives sober is a long probated sentence that nets the max if ever violated... which is why it is so popularly used for intoxication manslaughter.
It insures he passes sobriety tests and pays restitution.
Many fail and end up receiving the prison time in the long run.

 

[jterrell]

Thanks WG! Glad to hear that. Really, really friggin glad.
Easy to hate the NFL for being a money grubbing org but this is pure class.
And as much as we all hate Jerry the GM I love his actions here.
God bless young Mya who never gets to meet her father.

 

[Next Years Champ]

Based on the facts in that article, it appears so. Or at least had a good buzz going.

Like 2-3 times the legal..

..this is of course another major mistake in drafting him in the Supplemental Draft..

Since he already had been arrested in college for it.

 

[casmith07]

Sure, but that's not what's being contested.

Oh I understand. That's the fun part.

 

[Kaiser]

..this is of course another major mistake in drafting him in the Supplemental Draft..

We got three seasons (or 2.75 actually) out of Brent. Is that really a bad return for a 7th?

 

[SportsGuru80]

SMH.... I'm done with this guy.

 

[Next Years Champ]

was he drunk when he crashed?

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...845.1073741827.427341417311793&type=1&theater

Yes..2

We got three seasons (or 2.75 actually) out of Brent. Is that really a bad return for a 7th?

You know..

..if you can compartmentalize the player from the murderer..

..it just tips the scales heavy negative..

 

[theSHOW]

Yes..2


You know..

..if you can compartmentalize the player from the murderer..

..it just tips the scales heavy negative..

He is not a murderer.

 

[peplaw06]

Reading the accounts of the witness testimony, he sounds intoxicated regardless. Strange they didn't just take a plea deal, though maybe a reasonable one wasn't offered.

Not really surprising that the DA wouldn't bargain on this one, given Brent's status and the media coverage... especially after the whole "affluenza" news blitz in Tarrant Co.

 

[OhSnap]

Looking at the pic in this report it looks like Brent has broken the 400LB barrier.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/dallas-cowboys-39-brent-drank-heavily-deadly-crash-002626931--nfl.html

 

[burmafrd]

He is not a murderer.

that can be argued. He knowingly drank and knowingly drove and not for the first time.

 

[bounce]

that can be argued. He knowingly drank and knowingly drove and not for the first time.

He knowingly made careless decisions that lead to a friend's death - but he didn't set out to kill his friend. He should be punished accordingly, but not on the same level as someone whose sole intention was to end somebody's life. It's not as broad a brush as you're painting with.

 

[waving monkey]

Like 2-3 times the legal..

..this is of course another major mistake in drafting him in the Supplemental Draft..

Since he already had been arrested in college for it.

thank God most people aren't as harsh as you

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

His attorney is trying to say because he is 320 lbs he wasn't as drunk as someone lighter might have been. It's a pretty weak argument IMO. Big guys can drink more in most cases , but can still get just as drunk.

Further, I submit, barrister, that though Brent is much bigger than the average bear, his brain is smaller, thus all things be equal and equinanimous.

 

[Idgit]

He is not a murderer.

I believe Jerry Brown was legally sober when he got in the car with a drunk driver and chose not to wear a seatbelt. That still sounds more like suicide than murder, to me.

That's not to excuse Josh Brent's awful actions in any way, shape, or form. He was criminally irresponsible in a way that resulted in the death of his best friend, for no reason whatsoever. But he's not a murderer.

 

[Kaiser]

That's not to excuse Josh Brent's awful actions in any way, shape, or form. He was criminally irresponsible in a way that resulted in the death of his best friend, for no reason whatsoever. But he's not a murderer.

Exactly. He is criminally responsible but the crime is Manslaughter. That is what he was charged with and its idiotic to call it murder.

 

[Kaiser]

Also from the trial today the waitress that served the Cowboy players that night is saying together they had the equivalent of 20 drinks. That can create reasonable doubt about the high BAC Josh Brent had and it wouldn't surprise me to see him convicted on a lesser charge.