Local news is guessing he will force a jury trial.
Answer: Johnny Cochran
I am positive Vick can get himself an OJ jury in Atlanta, but will he end up a complete wreck like OJ?
If Vick looks up he should see the bus he was thrown under.
Puts me in mind of this quote...
"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"
Do ya, Vick?
“THE QUARTERBACK IS TOAST”
“That comes on the heels of news that co-defendants Purnell Peace and Quanis Phillips are scheduled to appear in federal court in Richmond at the end of the week and are expected to accept their own plea agreements.”
Like rats deserting a sinking ship. With friends like that, Vick doesn’t need enemies. His “friends” are hanging him out to dry.
“His only hope now seems to be an OJ jury.”
Unfortunately, in today’s world, guilt or innocence won’t matter much.
With a sharp attorney Vick can go to a jury and win. All he needs is a sympathetic “OJ” jury. Their is probably enough in the backgrounds of the two government informants to make their testimony “suspect” or incredible.
The feds are probably offering him a good deal. He would be wise to take it. They don't want the race-baiters to start screaming about the fact that Vick is black, and Vick doesn't want to spend any more time behind bars than necessary. If they offer him 1 year (the length he's out of the NFL anyway), he should leap at it with tears of joy in his eyes. He will probably not be able to overcome the mountain of evidence and witnesses against him at the moment... even with a Johnnie Cochran at his side. Vick would be financially ravaged AND facing many more years behind bars, all in the hopes for another OJ jury. It's not worth the risk. Take the deal, if it is anything under 2 years (and likely will be).
There’s no way in the world you can run an enterprise of this size, with this many people in the know, and hope to keep your involvement secret.
My guess is that, like a lot of big sports stars, he’s just so very arrogant that he completely discounted the possibility of being called to account for his activities. If that’s the case then I would hang him for that alone, never mind the terrible thing he was doing.
‘This makes three of Vick’s co-defendants who’ve been flipped. What’s worse for him, the Feds are putting on serious pressure by threatening to file a superseding indictment with “at least two more Federal dog fighting charges.” His only hope now seems to be an OJ jury.’
He’ll never stand trial now. Its not just the three ‘co-defendents’ here. People are forgetting Vick’s ‘cousin’ that lived in the house, and obviously was part of the ‘day to day operation’ of the Kennel. He wasn’t indicted.
The only way that happens in a Federal investigation is if he copt a deal BEFORE, or immediately after, the story broke.
Smart money says Vick takes the plea bargain by ‘close of business’ Friday afternoon (4PM EST).
Watch and see. He’s going to prison.
After the OJ fiasco, I think he should go for a trial. He only needs one juror.
At the risk of putting myself in a position where I might be perceived as defending Vick, why is this a federal case?
Did something (dogs, people, money?) cross state lines? There are FEDERAL dog-fighting laws?? Or is it FEDERAL animal-cruelty laws?
I think there are too many FEDERAL laws.
Is this a felony charge?
Don’t rule that out.
I don’t think you can find a “jury of his peers” that will convict him regardless of the facts or evidence.
Tie a T-bone around his neck, rub his orange jumpsuit with the oozings of a bitch in season, then toss him to a bunch of hungry Amstaffs!
One of my black friends said she overheard her two sons talking and one said, “Do you think Vick will go to the pen?” and the other said, “I don’t know. O.J. killed two people and he didn’t.”
Would someone here actually lay out the publicly-released evidence that directly (not merely by association) implicates Vick? It can’t be merely that he owned the house, or received rent paid by tenants who were doing something wrong, or went to a dog fight — I want to hear how he was actually running a criminal exercise.
Is the evidence out there?
What happened to their no snitching rule?
Are they just offering him a plea deal because a lot of rich and powerful people want this to go away as soon as possible rather than going to trial?