Stallworth to serve 30 days

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by coggs

Plaxico Burress will do more time for hurting himself.

why does everyone keep trying to compare Stallworth to Burress to Vick. All three cases involves different crimes with different motivations in different states with different laws. They also behaved differently after committing the crime. You can't compare all three as if they are the same. So lets talk about the differences and maybe you'll see why the punishments are different.

While Stallworths crime had the greatest negative impact, he's the only one of the three to show any semblance of genuine remorse.

Vick deliberately and willfully committed multiple sadistic and illegal crimes for a period of YEARS. When confronted with his crime, he lied - repeatedly. If he had come clean initially, displayed remorse, openly said he wanted to become a force to prevent dog-fighting, and entered a plea agreement, i highly doubt he would have spent any time at all in jail. Even now, Vick is only showing superficial remorse - he's bankrupt and needs money to pay his creditors so he's putting on a show to get back into the NFL.

Burress carried a loaded gun into a nightclub - what kind of person does that? i'll tell you - a thug. Carrying a loaded and concealed handgun has one and only one purpose - to deliberately harm another human being. Don't give me any crap about him needing it for protection either - if he felt he couldnt go somewhere without concealing a handgun, then he shouldnt be going to that place. Burress also tried to conceal his identity after his crime, and he's been dragging out his case so he can play in the NFL this year. He has rejected all plea deals that involved a short amount of jail time (even though the state carries a mandatory minimum 3 year sentence). So not only is he an unrepentant thug, but he's also an idiot.

Stallworth did a horrible horrible thing. it was irresponsible, but it was also unintentional. he has demonstrated genuine remorse and repentance. he's accepted a plea deal. And so his punishment is less than that of Vick and probably Burress.