Update: Stallworth Pleads Guilty - Gets 30 days/2yr house arrest/10 yr probation

[davidb257]

Drinking and Driving is not an accident, it is a direct violation of the law and has a huge history of causing death and injuries in this country.

I didn't say drinking and driving was an accident, the event that occured was.

Stallworth did not intend to kill anyone, the fact he was drunk was a likely factor in causing the "accident" just as the fact the man was crossing a huge highway in the dark. Stallworth will pay heavily for his wrongdoing, but lets not crucify the man for something he didn't intend to do.

Answer this, had Stallworth swerved and avoided the man and crashed into a van killing a family of four, would you hold the man accountable?

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

I didn't say drinking and driving was an accident, the event that occured was.

Stallworth did not intend to kill anyone, the fact he was drunk was a likely factor in causing the "accident" just as the fact the man was crossing a huge highway in the dark. Stallworth will pay heavily for his wrongdoing, but lets not crucify the man for something he didn't intend to do.

Answer this, had Stallworth swerved and avoided the man and crashed into a van killing a family of four, would you hold the man accountable?

I don't have to answer anything.

The guy was a DUI and that is enough for me.

Sorry I have no tolerance for that sort of thing.

There might be one in one million chance to justify drinking and driving and this is not it.

If you have had a friend or loved one killed or died because of drinking and driving, I would imagine you would feel differently.

Thanks.

 

[Jon88]

and a lifetime forfeiture of his driver’s license.

Man that sucks! And if he gets caught driving while on probation he goes to jail. I'm sure if he gets caught after probabtion he'll get a stiff penalty.

Nick Hogan didn't even get that and practically killed someone. YouTube John Graziano and watch the video if your stomach can handle it.

They would've had to take that part out of the deal. I would have traded them a year in jail.

 

[Jon88]

Yeah, that was posted earlier in one of the articles in the thread.

So basically, this resolves all legal and civil issues for Donte.

Only remaining issue is his availability with the NFL.

His mom will have to drive him to the games.

 

[Four]

is like saying pulling out is a safe contraceptive. I'm sure that it works for some people, but if you do it long enough you're eventually gonna get screwed.

wait... ummm...

 

[juck]

American Justice at its finest.lol.sad.

 

[peplaw06]

Yes, but he still got away with murder (and yes, I know he didn't murder the guy in a legal sense).

You've already acknowledged it wasn't murder.... he didn't "get away" with anything either. So the whole post is hyperbole. Thanks.

 

[casmith07]

2 year house arrest? So he's probably done playing football.

a 10 year probation is pretty rough too, depending on his probation terms. Some of that stuff may include that he even gets seen drunk in public by the police that he's going to jail. Depends on the terms.

 

[casmith07]

I don't have to answer anything.

The guy was a DUI and that is enough for me.

Sorry I have no tolerance for that sort of thing.

There might be one in one million chance to justify drinking and driving and this is not it.

If you have had a friend or loved one killed or died because of drinking and driving, I would imagine you would feel differently.

Thanks.

This.

 

[LandryFan]

You've already acknowledged it wasn't murder.... he didn't "get away" with anything either. So the whole post is hyperbole. Thanks.

Relatively speaking, yes he did. You must be a defense lawyer, as only a defense lawyer could come up with that logic...

 

[JoeyBones31]

This is a very touchy subject for me, my youngest brother was killed by a drunk driver 19 years ago, and in NJ the guy driving the vehicle that killed him didn't spend a day in jail, all the charges were dropped, because he was a first time offender. He did community service, lost his drivers licence for one year, paid an insurance surcharge for three years and he's driving his Limo again.

I was so filled with hate and anger at the time, but our family found peace knowing his life will not the same ever again and forgave him.

I have a 19 year old niece that never got to meet her father, ( My sister-in-law was 6 months pregnant at the time of his death).

I feel for the victims family , because I know what my niece went through without her Dad, But I also feel sorrow for Stallworth, he was wrong for driving drunk, but he'll live with that for the rest of his life, knowing his stupidity and carelessness cost a person their life. No jail time can bring back the poor guy he hit, but the guilt alone is a punishment of sorts.

This is just a sad story.

 

[peplaw06]

Relatively speaking, yes he did. You must be a defense lawyer, as only a defense lawyer could come up with that logic...

It's not any kind of logic. It's called knowing what you're talking about.

It's a conviction. Therefore, he didn't get away with anything. And you don't know what's going to be the result at the end of the day. He could fail to report to his PO and go to jail for 15 years.... But I'm sure you'd still think he got off easy. Anything short of life in prison and you'd probably think he got off easy.

 

[CIWhitefish]

You accidentally bump in to me because you were on your cell phone and not paying attention to where you were going. I beat you mercilessly for your dastardly infraction, causing severe injuries. I get a small fine because we share in the blame, thus the reduced sentence. Same thing!

You are way off with your analogy. No law is broken by me bumping into you while your assault places 100% of the blame you. Nice try but not same thing.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Wow some of you guys' responses.

He who without sin...

How many of us have never driven home after a night of drinking? From what I've read, he was driving about 55-60 and hit a guy who was running across a freeway trying to catch a bus. That doesnt sount like a very smart decision.

Should he have been drinking and driving? Of course not. But it's not like he jumped a curb and took out someone minding their own business.

Agreed. Who among us has not driven drunk after signing a contract worth millions and killed a man. Why, if I signed more contracts I'd kill more mens on the streets!

But seriously, the he who has not sinned applies to stealing apples and coveting your neighborhood association's president's wife. Not killing while DUI.

 

[dbair1967]

30 days in jail for needlessly and recklessly killing another person.

Our legal system is a pathetic joke. Period.

 

[dbair1967]

It's not any kind of logic. It's called knowing what you're talking about.

It's a conviction. Therefore, he didn't get away with anything. And you don't know what's going to be the result at the end of the day. He could fail to report to his PO and go to jail for 15 years.... But I'm sure you'd still think he got off easy. Anything short of life in prison and you'd probably think he got off easy.

He got 30 days in the clink for killing somebody. Thats getting off easy. You can spin it anyway you want, but he got off easy.

 

[TNCowboy]

Our legal system is a pathetic joke. Period.

The fault here lies not with the justice system, but with the individuals running it, in this case in Miami.

Somebody put that judge and prosecutor in office. As long as people keep electing officials such as this or electing people who appoint these sorts, this is what we'll have.

 

[peplaw06]

He got 30 days in the clink for killing somebody. Thats getting off easy. You can spin it anyway you want, but he got off easy.

I didn't say he didn't get a good deal (or "got off easy" as you would call it). I said he didn't get away with anything. You only see the 30 days in jail, and you don't see the rest of it. He is being held criminally and civilly liable.

 

[Established1971]

scumbag needs to burn!

knee meet jerk, jerk meet knee

 

[TNCowboy]

I didn't say he didn't get a good deal (or "got off easy" as you would call it). I said he didn't get away with anything. You only see the 30 days in jail, and you don't see the rest of it. He is being held criminally and civilly liable.

The reality is though that "in jail" is by far what matters most. You do something as serious as Stalworth did and get the same jail time as somebody who shoplifted a pair of sneakers, then somebody (in this case the prosecutor who made the deal and the judge who allowed it) did not do their job.

And that Stalworth bought off the guy's family should have no bearing - pro or con - on the punishment he is to receive.

I'm not in favor of a 20 year sentence or anything like that, but 30 days? I'm a big believer in 2nd chances, and hope Stalworth can recover from this and have a good life. But 30 days is pretty much getting away with it.