30 days, that's it?!? WTF is wrong with this country? Had that been a normal JOe, he would have been serving at least 5 years - I will bet dollars to donuts that the guy in the drunk driving accident that killed the Aneheim pitcher will get a stronger sentence. What a joke.

I will say that something seems rotten in Denmark regarding the fact that the deceased's family was pushing for resolution - there has to be some kind of deal between Stallworth and the family. If that is the case I don't know who is worse - Stallworth for what he did, the family for using the death to cash in, or the lawyer who is advising the family to cash in and let Stallworth walk.

I will say that something seems rotten in Denmark regarding the fact that the deceased's family was pushing for resolution - there has to be some kind of deal between Stallworth and the family. If that is the case I don't know who is worse - Stallworth for what he did, the family for using the death to cash in, or the lawyer who is advising the family to cash in and let Stallworth walk.

#1 | Posted by taxman

The family did recieve a cash settlement, it mentions it in the article. And really since Stallworth deprived them of the primary breadwinner (most likely) I understand the motivation for seeking a cash settlement. If the other option is that you can't feed the kiddies but the bastard who killed their father got the book thrown at him. It would make more sense to take the money.

Astro, they still would have received cash even if Stallworth went to jail for 15 years.

.....no real justice ....is there?......

....he kills a man and gets 30 days.....some podunk kid has one joint in his pocket and gets 10 years for getting high......

.....our laws are harsh enough, but they are not applied evenly....some people get jail time for victimless crimes.....and others...like this drunk killer....get off with a wrist-slap......

.......and then there is the inexplicable false charges / false convictions....

......who could understand why the police continually charge people they know to be innocent, and why the prosecutors prosecute them, also knowing their innocence......

.....unfortunatley.....it happens all the time......

30 days, that's it?!? WTF is wrong with this country? Had that been a normal JOe, he would have been serving at least 5 years - I will bet dollars to donuts that the guy in the drunk driving accident that killed the Aneheim pitcher will get a stronger sentence. What a joke.

#1 | Posted by taxman at 2009-06-16 12:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

But...but...he's an NFL Football Player, and thus a much better person than you or I, or the guy he hit. Because he makes more money.

Oh, I almost forgot...

SPORTS!!!!!11!!!!!!!one!!!1

....he kills a man and gets 30 days.....some podunk kid has one joint in his pocket and gets 10 years for getting high......

Unless the poduck kid play for the National Felons League.

Just another example of the dual standards of justice in America. One level of justice for the rich and connected and another for everyone else.

Had that been a normal JOe, he would have been serving at least 5 years

I dunno. Drunk driving is treated lightly in the US.

I dunno. Drunk driving is treated lightly in the US.

#8 | Posted by 726

You should have stopped at "I dunno" because your statement is incorrect.

Who cares? The guy he killed was a drain on society. We should throw a parade for Donte.

Mike Vick is pissed!

Who cares? The guy he killed was a drain on society. We should throw a parade for Donte.
#10 | Posted by 101Chairborne

Now there's a man who knows how to make an entrance.

Wait until he finds out that "Donte" isn't Italian....

I'm really disappointed to find out Reyes had a job. It has forced me to retract my #10.

I did however find joy in the fact that Reyes was rushing to catch a bus at 7:15am that morning.
Hey Reyes, speed kills!

Mike Vick is pissed!
#11 | Posted by wisgod

LOL... I bet he is.

I did however find joy in the fact that Reyes was rushing to catch a bus at 7:15am that morning.
Hey Reyes, speed kills!
#14 | Posted by 101Chairborne

Yeah, the story kinda implies that his jaywalking had something to do with the accident.

Stallworth told police he flashed his lights in an attempt to warn Reyes, who was not in a crosswalk when he was struck.

So, he saw the guy, flashed his lights at him, and still ran over him?

I really haven't followed this story, but....

So, he saw the guy, flashed his lights at him, and still ran over him?

Posted by Corky

Them's the brakes.

So, he saw the guy, flashed his lights at him, and still ran over him?

I really haven't followed this story, but....

#17 | Posted by Corky

Hey, he's a wide receiver. He was running his pattern and nothing was gonna get in his way.

So, he saw the guy, flashed his lights at him, and still ran over him?

Posted by Corky

Hispanics must be like deer. They see the brights and just freeze up.

Well, whatever you do, don't tell 101 that Donte is black. He'll likely blame the pedestrian for being between Stallworth and the welfare office.

The night before the crash, Stallworth earned a $4.5 million roster bonus from the Browns.

I would imagine that $4.5 mil is gone plus another couple of mil. The IRS and the attorneys are the winners in this situation - two sizeable transfers for the IRS to tax (one from Cleveland to Stallworth and another from Stallworth to the Reyes family), and a 33% cut for the attorney who represented the Reyes family.

You should have stopped at "I dunno" because your statement is incorrect.

#9 | Posted by ZOT at 2009-06-16 01:56 PM

Are you kidding? Drunk drivers get a comparative slap on the wrist.

One time above the limit should be license forfeiture.

#22 | Posted by taxman at 2009-06-16 02:21 PM

Yeah, but they will only get to tax 65% of the original $4.5 million the second time.

Good news for them is that the IRS will fight to treat the attorney fees as a 2% miscellaneous deduction.

The NFL and NBA thugs and gangsters that play silly boy's games for a living are all above the law and steal local taxpayers money to build their stupid stadiums.

Come on folks, I'm not a football fan nor a defender of men who get unfair advantages but....

"Stallworth had a blood-alcohol level of .126 after the crash, well above Florida's .08 limit. Stallworth stopped after the crash and immediately told officers he had hit Reyes. Police estimated Stallworth was driving about 50 mph in a 40 mph zone."

OK, he who has not sinned cast the first stone.

He took responsibility, accepts conditions, expresses honest sorrow. What good would holding him in prison to for anyone?
America's need to "punish" is counter productive and expensive as hell.

this is just wrong and a travesty

He proved that he can't drink and drive but he knows how to scam the legal system. Now he can go back to stumbling around a football field and dropping balls when he thinks he's gonna take a lick.

So? The only lick you ever took was off a waffle cone.

When this asshole kills someone else when he gets drunk again will DANNI apologize and accept responsibilty for murder?

"I will bet dollars to donuts that the guy in the drunk driving accident that killed the Aneheim pitcher will get a stronger sentence." Taxman

Well--no kidding...that guy killed three people and fled the scene.

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Not to condone what Stallworth did--but settling with the family--with probably 3 to 4 million--maybe 5 million (all insured) helped everyone to move forward.

Hopefully he is on the straight and narrow and will talk to kids about drinking and driving.

Let's see...the same state that uses the electric chair like Lindsay Lohan uses girls gives only 30-days to a manslaughter convict??
This is the best justice money can buy.

kum by ah motherfuckers in two years you can elect him to the US senate.

Montana courts sentence a minimum of 20 years.

Joe Montana?

I had a great-uncle that pulled off the side of the road cause he was too drunk to drive, went to sleep in the back seat, and when another driver hit his car, he got 7 1/2 years.

Doesn't sound like equal justice to me. And people wonder why the states and feds start making sentencing guidelines and manditory minimum sentences.

I completely agree, 1Lib. This bastard should have done TIME.
A friend of mine got a DWI (justified, yes, but no accident) and was charged with felony eluding because he pulled up slowly a hundred yards to be out of traffic flow. The court let the charge stand!
This rich jock got 30-days??

was charged with felony eluding because he pulled up slowly a hundred yards to be out of traffic flow.

THAT is bullshit!

I work nights and do a ton of driving. I get pulled over quite frequently for 'suspicious-looking behavior'.

I have developed a routine:

1. I pull over in a manner where the cop is NOT being exposed to on-coming traffic.

2. I immediately turn on my interior lights.

3. I place my wallet on the dash.

4. I cut the engine.

5. I roll my window completely down.

6. I a place my hands on the top of the steering wheel where they are clearely visible.

When I am pulled over for work, rarely have I actually violated any traffic law. Regardless, I firmly believe that my little routine makes the stop less stressful for the officer - and, at some point, may tilt things in my favor on a rare occasion where I actaully DID commit a minor offense and the officer is debating whether or not to write a ticket.

The felony eluding got knocked down to misdemeanor, Jeff, but it still pisses me off a lot considering that kept him out of several jobs. And gee, why should you be obliged to go through such a routine as you describe based on "suspicion" alone?
If only I had played football, I might have qualified for the ethereal application of law.
BTW, I am reminded when one of the Dallas Cowboy coaches (I think it was Switzer but might have been Jimmy Johnson) tried to board a jet carrying a firearm.
Just a misunderstanding, of course.....

I guess if we see this guy picking up trash along the highway for a day, we will know he murdered someone.

Look NFL players have lotsa money. So they deserve lighter sentences.

If a guy was hit 'rushing' across the street, not in a crosswalk, by a car doing 50 in a 40 mile per hour zone...and, NO alcohol involved...what treatment would the driver deserve???? does the fact that someone runs out in the street unexpectedly have any play in this...even flashing the lights, it may have still been too close.. while not defending drinking while driving, pure numbers do not always indicate the tolerance level of the drinking driver and the assumption that a number projects a person to be 'out-of-it' is somewhat distorted.. our entire justice system is distorted, but I am not in favor of slamming everyone in jail for every incident... should carry circumstances into consideration... he will carry a different punishment around the rest of his life just from the entire situation...

"1. I pull over in a manner where the cop is NOT being exposed to on-coming traffic.

2. I immediately turn on my interior lights.

3. I place my wallet on the dash.

4. I cut the engine.

5. I roll my window completely down.

6. I a place my hands on the top of the steering wheel where they are clearly visible. "

7. Tell Belgian girlfriend (no English speak): "No, you cannot get out of the car and smoke because that Navajo sheriff is sidling up with his hand on his 6-shooter and he probably doesn't speak a whole lot of French!" (Could'a went bad it could'a.)

Radio program this morning did this story.

They went over several DUI cases in the last 5 years and the sentences handed down in Florida.

Everyone got nailed for 14+ years. All of them.

Except this one.

One of those DUI was a 17 year old kid put a away for 20+ years.

Driving drunk should immediately cause the loss of driver's license and denied ownership of any vehicle. This is for life for an adult. If you're not an adult, I wouldn't make it a life punishment.

NO prison time. Just remove the priviledge to drive or own a vehicle. That should give a nice taste in the drunk's mouth.

Danni has to be the dumbest idiot on this board.

He said "OK, he who has not sinned cast the first stone.

He took responsibility, accepts conditions, expresses honest sorrow. What good would holding him in prison to for anyone?
America's need to "punish" is counter productive and expensive as hell."

Danni, maybe an illegal alien high on cocain will kill your ENTIRE family in a car crash.

When your entire family dies, I FULLY expect you to forgive him and press the state to let him free so he can get high on coke and do it again and kill somebody elses family.

Of course, you will want him dead and in prison because your entire family is dead....but that is just how you stupid liberals are...DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO.

Danni, you are a scumbag, bottom feeding piece of crap and its people like you who are directly responsible for thousands of people dying every year from criminals who should have been locked up, but were let out because it was so called "counter productive and too expensive"

Shut your mouth BOY. You know nothing about justice.

If that guy hurts anyone else, because he does something like that again, we, as a society should hold YOU, DANNI accountable.

And put you away.

Kuma

From the article:
"Stallworth, 28, also reached a confidential financial settlement with the family of 59-year-old Mario Reyes, a construction worker struck and killed early on March 14 by Stallworth, driving drunk in his black 2005 Bentley."

BINGO.

The NFL and NBA thugs and gangsters that play silly boy's games for a living are all above the law and steal local taxpayers money to build their stupid stadiums.
#25 | Posted by fwthom at 2009-06-16 09:11 PM

On THAT, I totally agree. See what 2 parts eminent domain, 1 part celebrity ads, 3 parts greed, and 2 parts Arlington, TX stupidity did for the Cowboys.

Hmmmmm....I think Kuma has a little of that cocaine going ... talk about 'off point'...!!!

One time above the limit should be license forfeiture.

#23 | Posted by 726

It is. Sometimes 6 months sometimes longer. I certainly hope that you don't mean forfeit forever.

Driving drunk should immediately cause the loss of driver's license and denied ownership of any vehicle. This is for life for an adult. If you're not an adult, I wouldn't make it a life punishment.

NO prison time. Just remove the priviledge to drive or own a vehicle. That should give a nice taste in the drunk's mouth.

#45 | Posted by Petrous

Ever heard of punishment fitting the crime? You are absurd to hold a belief like that, especially in this country. Jesus, move to Saudi Arabia and you will be very pleased with their DUI laws.

Punishment fitting the crime.
The dead person can no longer drive. They can't provide for their family. They're gone.

The living person made a choice to drink and drive.
The issue of DUI has been taught in schools for years.
You can't get away from the education of drinking and driving.

This was a deliberate act.

Loss of license for life would be very fitting and would be a great deterrent to drunk driving.