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.
I think Vick's going to go down and that he really doesn't have any choice but to cut a deal, a deal that will effectively destroy his career. The Feds now have the three witnesses they mention in the indictment plus all three of Vick's co-defendants. Vick's attorneys might be able to impeach one or two of the prosecution's witnesses, but all six??? The superseding indictment that's going to be filed if he doesn't plead will contain at least two more dog fighting charges, meaning he will be looking at some very serious hard prison time if he chooses to roll the dice and go to trial. It's crystal clear the the Feds are deadly serious and are using this case to break the whole eastern US dog fighting racket.
What really interests me is the details of any plea deal. It looks like Vick, in addition to being a leading NFL QB, was also pretty much of a godfather of the eastern US dog fighting racket, having created for himself and his buddies what looks like a dog fighter's Disney World. Hence, the price for the deal is likely to be his ratting out as much of the racket as he can. Once he does that, the PR for the NFL and the Falcons will be so bad that they couldn't take him back even if he had 100% completions and was divinely guaranteed to take the Falcons to the Super Bowl. It's a lot worse than if he got drunk, got into an auto accident and killed a person, something for which he might get forgiveness after a guilty plea.
OJ did his thing in the days before everyone carried a camcorder/cellphone. You can bet there are videos (very graphic) that detail all that went on, with Vick front and center grinning.
When the prosecution introduces those as evidence, they become public. No NFL owner will touch him after that.
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.
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Nope.