Update: Stallworth Grief Stricken Over Accident... (Reportedly Over the legal limit)

[Jon88]

I hear you. But, this is not the way it works...

In the old days, (before cars:laugh2: )...if you stoled something, they would cut you hand off!

Could you imagine what would have been cut off it someone reaped someone?

That still happens in the middle east.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Its rediculous? So tell us JerryA. How much is a human life worth to you?


1 million/head?


When it is your child or your family member and you go through this grief, there is no price for the death of your loved one. That is just how it is.

I just don't like the fact that a family can lose a loved one, and win the lottery at the same time

esp. when there are soldiers dying, and their families don't even see a fraction of the cost

 

[5Stars]

This is all over the news...I think.

Hmmm...I need to get the Newspaper!

 

[lockster]

I feel bad for both parties. The person that got killed, and Donte' for being the one to do it. As of yet, we don't know the circuimstances, so it could have been either ones fault, even if Donte' was over the limit. And I feel for Donte' in that he might have made a bad decision and now may have to pay in many ways. Yesterday, I almost ran over a little boy that ran in front of my car that wasn't looking both ways at all. Thank God, I and the other cars coming from the other way missed him. So, a pedestrian can be hit by both a drunk and a sober person, and it be neither ones fault. If it was Donte's, then there should be some sort of punishment, but death penalty? Remember, you may be the next person a little boy runs in front of.

 

[5Stars]

I feel bad for both parties. The person that got killed, and Donte' for being the one to do it. As of yet, we don't know the circuimstances, so it could have been either ones fault, even if Donte' was over the limit. And I feel for Donte' in that he might have made a bad decision and now may have to pay in many ways. Yesterday, I almost ran over a little boy that ran in front of my car that wasn't looking both ways at all. Thank God, I and the other cars coming from the other way missed him. So, a pedestrian can be hit by both a drunk and a sober person, and it be neither ones fault. If it was Donte's, then there should be some sort of punishment, but death penalty? Remember, you may be the next person a little boy runs in front of.

Forrest Gump said.." it happens"....(the good version).

Becare full...you never know.

 

[peplaw06]

would you be surprised if he gets only 1 year?

I'm betting he gets charged with involuntary manslaughter

Nothing would surprise me... well except for Stallworth doing 7-15 as someone said. Unless it were say his 3rd offense or something. I don't have that information.

And, maybe settelment money...?

The settlement money will be handled in the civil case. There shouldn't be restitution handled in the criminal case. Mainly because you can get so much more in the civil suit.

The civil suit won't be settled until he pleas though, if the family is smart. A plea of guilty in the criminal case would be used against him in the civil, and they'd be guaranteed to win, then they can ask for more. But I suppose it could happen where Stallworth pays the family a ton of money and they don't push the prosecutor to make him do a lot of time.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Nothing would surprise me... well except for Stallworth doing 7-15 as someone said. Unless it were say his 3rd offense or something. I don't have that information.

The settlement money will be handled in the civil case. There shouldn't be restitution handled in the criminal case. Mainly because you can get so much more in the civil suit.

The civil suit won't be settled until he pleas though, if the family is smart. A plea of guilty in the criminal case would be used against him in the civil, and they'd be guaranteed to win, then they can ask for more. But I suppose it could happen where Stallworth pays the family a ton of money and they don't push the prosecutor to make him do a lot of time.

I think I'm ready for the bar

 

[5Stars]

Nothing would surprise me... well except for Stallworth doing 7-15 as someone said. Unless it were say his 3rd offense or something. I don't have that information.

The settlement money will be handled in the civil case. There shouldn't be restitution handled in the criminal case. Mainly because you can get so much more in the civil suit.

The civil suit won't be settled until he pleas though, if the family is smart. A plea of guilty in the criminal case would be used against him in the civil, and they'd be guaranteed to win, then they can ask for more. But I suppose it could happen where Stallworth pays the family a ton of money and they don't push the prosecutor to make him do a lot of time.

Money talks...

 

[Texan_Eph89]

He's donzo.

 

[Audiman]

I do believe all fault falls to the driver that is over the limit.

so, if a car is driving on the wrong side of the road and hits a driver that blows a .081, you're going to blame the driver that blows a .081?

 

[Future]

He is an idiot.

This is simply a PR tactic...

Some things transcend public image, this is one of them.

 

[montgod]

Here is what transpired with Leonard Little, DE for the Rams who went through a similar ordeal. This is taken from Wikipedia:

Manslaughter Conviction
After attending a drunken birthday party in 1998, Little crashed into and killed another motorist, Susan Gutweiler in St. Louis, MO. When tested, his blood alcohol level measured 0.19 percent, a level that exceeds the statutory level of intoxication of 0.08 in the state of Missouri. Little received 90 days in jail, four years probation and 1000 hours of community service. The NFL suspended Little for 8 games that year.


Second arrest
Six years later, in 2004, Little was again arrested for drunk driving and speeding.[5] The probable cause statement filed by police said Little had bloodshot and watery eyes, smelled of alcohol and failed three sobriety tests. Because of Little's 1999 guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter in his drunken-driving crash case, prosecutors charged him as a persistent offender. This made it a felony case. Little was acquitted of driving while intoxicated, but was convicted only of the misdemeanor speeding charge.

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Seems like Stallworth should be just fine...

 

[the kid 05]

news reports stallworths b.a.l. was .12 but cops wont confirm it

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3997609

 

[montgod]

He's donzo.

Doubt it...

 

[bbgun]

All that matters is that Burress goes to jail.

 

[montgod]

All that matters is that Burress goes to jail.

Unfortunately, that still doesn't guarantee a win for the Boys! :laugh2:

 

[irvin4evs]

but im old school if it were up to me we would still have hangings in town square...

Be careful what kind of world you wish for. Someday, it might come knocking on your door.

 

[irvin4evs]

premeditated or not....he should get life or the chair.....(if he was drunk)

if he was sober it's ok? That logic is so moronic I refuse to believe you're serious.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

No it's not premeditation. That would mean he intended to kill the guy. Clearly he didn't. He was criminally negligent, and there's no intent required for an intox manslaughter.

Excuse me, barrister, but maybe in some states making the conscious decision to drink and then drive after being over the LIMIT, well, that would seem like intent, even though he did not know the person.

i.e. and ipso facto endurian, as precedenced in Dillon vs. Adams for mandamus 2004 13th Circuit court, DRINKING BEFORE DRIVING COULD BE INTENT!!

I know all these things because I once new a bailiff.

I believe that Hamilton Burger would back me up on my writ and possibly Judge Wapner.

 

[Frozen700]

Does anyone notice how the press loves stories like this? America loves stories like this. Why not give the same coverage to Joe Smith who did the same thing 2 days ago? America is hellbent on capitalizing on people who make mistakes.

Exactly! we love to see a man get jammed up, everyone is waiting for him to get locked up and fall...they just want to see something bad...weather its justified or not, as Americans everyone loves to see a guy get jammed up