In America it apparently is worse to shoot yourself in the leg than it is to drive drunk and kill a human being or kill numerous dogs. That was the message given by the U.S. courts today when they sentenced former New York Giants Wide Receiver Plaxico Burress to two years behind bars... Or 23 months more than Donte Stallworth got for killing someone with his car, and four months more than Michael Vick served for his sickening acts of killing numerous dogs (although Burress could get out in 20 months for good behavior).
Chest bump to the legal system!
This doesn't make sense on so many levels.
Does a man that accidentally shoots himself in the leg actually deserve two years in jail? No, I'm not a big fan of Plaxico Burress and for all the dumb, irresponsible things he's done in his career he probably deserves an extreme punishment... but I think a two year prison sentence is a little much. Especially when you compare it to the other two incidents mentioned above! If you followed the same rule in this case as you did in those, Burress should get off with community service for god sakes.
Now, you can't go around with a unlicensed gun in your pocket and he does deserve some kind of reprimand. But please explain to me how a guy that inflicts pain on himself accidentally should get harsher punishment than those that inflicted pain and death on others?
Bravo legal system. Bravo!
Oh yeah... Plax has to serve some community service for the incident. Check out what he's doing: http://bit.ly/DqJt
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