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Donte' Stallworth gets 1 month in jail, 2 years house arrest in DUI death
Miami Herald ^
| June 16, 2009
| DAVID OVALLE
Posted on 06/16/2009 12:32:12 PM PDT by Big_Monkey
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To: C19fan; pgkdan
Look at Leonard Little of the St. Louis Rams - killed a woman while DWI, served either 60 or 90 days max in prison.
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posted on
06/16/2009 12:55:39 PM PDT
by
GOPsterinMA
(Where can I take 'Austrian' lessons?)
To: beckett
TYPO..should have read...
"family shouldn't" have been without...
To: Big_Monkey
Oooh, MADD going to be mad.
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:01:10 PM PDT
by
razorback-bert
(We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers.)
To: razorback-bert
"Oooh, MADD going to be mad." 'til Donte cuts them a check too, and *volunteers* to give talks for free.
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:04:53 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: exist
The unusually speedy end to the case came at the urging of the Reyes family, which wanted to resolve the matter to avoid further emotional trauma.
My sympathies go out to the Reyes family and I feel they have done the right thing. Incarcerating Stallworth for 5, 10 or 20 years does not accomplish a thing and it cannot undo a tragic accident of which he was the cause of. Stallworth will have to live the rest of his life with this on his conscience......
I would rather suffer the loss of a loved one due to this type of incident than live with the knowledge that I was responsible for it......
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:06:21 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun in an Indy car....)
To: Big_Monkey
Another point should be mentioned. The exact location on the causeway where the accident occurred is wide open eight lanes, four each way. The victim was not crossing in a crosswalk but dashing across lanes to a bus stop. Stallworth’s culpability depends on the alcohol level in his bloodstream and the probable fact that he was traveling above the speed limit. Had either one of those factors not been in play, the man’s presence in the middle of a highway arguably would have shifted the blame from the driver to the deceased.
I think Stallworth had a stronger hand in a potential trial than people generally realize, but he probably decided to take this deal in order to put the whole thing behind him.
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:07:38 PM PDT
by
beckett
(Amor Fati)
To: beckett
"The victim was not crossing in a crosswalk but dashing across lanes to a bus stop." Yes, that does change things.
To: Big_Monkey
WOW! Life is on sale in Florida.
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:15:35 PM PDT
by
infidel29
(Move over Jordan the US has our own King Hussein)
To: Hot Tabasco
My sympathies go out to the Reyes family and I feel they have done the right thing. Incarcerating Stallworth for 5, 10 or 20 years does not accomplish a thing and it cannot undo a tragic accident of which he was the cause of. Stallworth will have to live the rest of his life with this on his conscience......To the extent that that is true, and to an extent it certainly is, the same applies to Saddam Hussein, George Tiller's murderer, OJ Simpson, etc. Come on.
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:16:20 PM PDT
by
exist
To: Hot Tabasco
” Incarcerating Stallworth for 5, 10 or 20 years does not accomplish a thing...”
One could argue that it would prevent Stallworth from killing anyone else, including a member of your family or mine, while driving fast and drunk. One could argue that it would quite simply provide an appropriate punishment and a deterrent to others.
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:18:49 PM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: infidel29
Old Germanic custom. Wergeld. Keeps the peace.
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:19:56 PM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: Big_Monkey
With the conditions of his probation he will be in the slammer before 2010.
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:21:43 PM PDT
by
Cyman
To: Big_Monkey
Hmm, end the case to stop further emotional trauma...
Cha-Ching!
Remember folks, if a rich man kills you, he’ll probably be able to pay your entire worth out of pocket.
Lets just hope that Bill Gates never turns to the dark side.
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:22:59 PM PDT
by
evandi
To: razorback-bert
Oooh, MADD going to be mad.DAMM's pretty upset too...
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:42:48 PM PDT
by
Entrepreneur
(The environmental movement is filled with watermelons - green on the outside, red on the inside)
To: exist
Saddam Hussein, George Tiller's murderer, OJ Simpson, etc. Come on.
I didn't see a /sarc tag so you must be serious. How do you equate the planned systematic murder of innocent citizens to an accidental death? COME ON!
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posted on
06/16/2009 1:59:35 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun in an Indy car....)
To: Big_Monkey; 4everontheRight; ABG(anybody but Gore); Abbeville Conservative; akorahil; albee; ...
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posted on
06/16/2009 2:01:25 PM PDT
by
scott says
(Barack ODRAMA--the politics of Fear and Loathing)
To: Big_Monkey
WOW.... Drinking and driving DOES pay (assuming you can hire a high priced attorney).
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posted on
06/16/2009 2:01:26 PM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: scott says
He got off way too easy. I thought he’d get 4 years at least.
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posted on
06/16/2009 2:02:42 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
To: swain_forkbeard
a deterrent to others.
The anti-alcohol fascist organization known as MADD has been in existence since 1980 and has lobbyists in Washington as we speak attempting to re-enact prohibition via the banning of alcohol.
Stop with the lame excuse of trying to "Send a Message....." The message has been out there for over 20 years........
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posted on
06/16/2009 2:11:24 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(This country isn't going to hell in a handbasket, it's riding shotgun in an Indy car....)
To: GOPsterinMA
Look at Leonard Little of the St. Louis Rams - killed a woman while DWI, served either 60 or 90 days max in prison.Little and Stallworth are both fine products from the University of Tennessee.
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posted on
06/16/2009 2:13:40 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
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