Comments on: You Want Donte Stallworth’s Judge … Really

By: File This Under GTFO « Chubby Afro

File This Under GTFO « Chubby Afro — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:22:35 +0000

[...] He ran over a person, not a kitten. [...]

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:27:53 +0000

“He acted like a man,” Lyons said. “He remained at the scene. He cooperated fully.”

Amen

By: me

me — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:33:43 +0000

the illegal alien decided to jay walk infront of a moving car. Anyone else would have seen it, his family should be lucky they are getting a jackpot. If you jay walk you should take the consequences, was he to blind to see a car with headlights at 7am coming toward him!?!? this type of bs happens all the time, mexicans running across the road. Use the damn crosswalk!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:44:06 +0000

You are right, of course, in that 30 days seems ridiculous when considered in light of the fact that an innocent man was killed. I would like to say, though, that the drunk driving problem is both cultural and systemic, and Stallworth’s case is a little different from the majority (and not just because he was busily perpetuating the star-athlete party-boy stereotype).

One need not be NFL-rich to game the system when it comes to a DUI, or even rich at all, and sentences in death-related cases are all over the map. A female veteranarian involved in a recent high-profile case in the Myrtle Beach area not only hit and killed a 15 year old boy at midnight, but left the scene, hid her vehicle, and tried to order secret repairs at her house (which was what got her caught). Of course, we’ll never know what her blood alcohol level was, because she didn’t do any of the right things (she couldn’t even be charged with DUI). She is serving what amounted to about 24 months in prison. Most serve much less than that.

Contrast her actions with Stallworth’s, and the 30 days seems a little less ridiculous, even if only a little. Stallworth is also under house arrest for two years, and on probation for eight. The articles I read included statements from the victim’s family which firmly supported the sentence and plea deal.

If the family of the victim says justice was served, that should count for something. Most DUI suspects lie, cheat, and game the system at every turn- they refuse to take roadside tests, refuse to give breath samples once arrested, and rarely (if ever) take any kind of responsibility for their actions. I’m glad that this victim’s family, at least, didn’t have to add all that suffering to their already tragic loss.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:38:59 +0000

He got more punishment than what these police officers got in NJ ($728 fine): http://blog.mises.org/archives/010134.asp

Article about the accident (2007): http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Story?id=2995604&page=1