[Ambassador]

A local teenager was just convicted of the same offense. He received 10 years.

Apparently lady justice is playing peek a boo with money.

[Mappaindy]

Two years for Burress is waaaayyyy too harsh in my opinion

[Sotmoigma]

Two years for Burress is waaaayyyy too harsh in my opinion

Really Jiggy? I'm surprised. Personally, I don't think it is harsh enough.

NY has strict gun laws. Plaxico takes a weapon into a crowded nightclub, where it discharges. Any number of people could have been shot...or worse. He then tries to cover up a felony by having people 1) lie aobut his admission to the hospital, and 2) concealing evidence on his behalf. He also should have been held to NY's mandatory minimums on the gun charges, which would have been at least 3 1/2 to 5 years.

Me, I'm tired of athletes being pampered in court.

[greekbeast]

Two years for Burress is waaaayyyy too harsh in my opinion

But Moose he shot himself. This Stallworth guy killed someone no? I'm just saying.

[Sotmoigma]

But Moose he shot himself. This Stallworth guy killed someone no? I'm just saying.

I said Stallworth deserved more time also, Ti. He got the sentence he got because he paid off the victim's family was deemed to have expressed the appropriate level of remorse, in the judges' and prosecutors, and victims' family's eyes.

I think you go into a nightclub that is full of people with a loaded gun, and the gun goes off, it doesn't matter if no one, yourself, or others got shot. He was playing with the gun in the club, while drinking. He was fortunate it was only himself that got shot, and that should not matter one bit. You've committed a felony under NY law, for which the mandatory minimum is 3 1/2 to 5 years. If you want to stop gun violence, start by enforcing the laws that you have on the books.

This is just one that always bothers me. Why do you need a loaded gun when you are going out drinking and partying. If you want to drink and party, hire a bodyguard. If you want to carry around a gun, go to the shooting range - sober, of course.

[greekbeast]

I said Stallworth deserved more time also, Ti. He got the sentence he got because he paid off the victim's family was deemed to have expressed the appropriate level of remorse, in the judges' and prosecutors, and victims' family's eyes.

I think you go into a nightclub that is full of people with a loaded gun, and the gun goes off, it doesn't matter if no one, yourself, or others got shot. He was playing with the gun in the club, while drinking. He was fortunate it was only himself that got shot, and that should not matter one bit. You've committed a felony under NY law, for which the mandatory minimum is 3 1/2 to 5 years. If you want to stop gun violence, start by enforcing the laws that you have on the books.

This is just one that always bothers me. Why do you need a loaded gun when you are going out drinking and partying. If you want to drink and party, hire a bodyguard. If you want to carry around a gun, go to the shooting range - sober, of course.

Gotcha.

[Mappaindy]

There was no intent and he was the only one who got hurt. A very short sentence with a very lengthy probation would have been sufficient. I can't believe he had to make a plea for two years.

[Uvgsgssu]

On the one hand, if the law says the minimum is 3 1/2 years, then his minimum sentence should be 3 1/2 years.

On the other hand, his 2 years seems extreme when Stallworth only received 30 days... when someone was dead...because Stallworth was drinking...and driving.

[incimisiche]

I can't freaking believe this. Michael Vicks spent longer in jail on dogfighting charges and this guy gets THIRTY DAYS FOR MURDERING SOMEONE???

Okay....I'm keeping my mouth shut

[Sotmoigma]

NEW YORK – Former Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for possessing a gun at a night club.

The former New York Giants star tearfully told his family goodbye as he surrendered to begin his prison stint for attempted criminal possession of a weapon after accidentally shooting himself in the thigh.

Burress was indicted on two counts of weapon possession and one count of reckless endangerment and pleaded guilty Aug. 20. He had faced a minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years on those charges if convicted at trial. He pleaded to the lesser charge and agreed to the two-year term.

With time off for good behavior, Burress likely will serve 20 months. He will be monitored an additional two years after he is freed from prison, which could come as early as the spring of 2011.

The Giants released Burress in April, but the 32-year-old told ESPN he hopes to resume his NFL career when he completes his sentence.

Burress, who caught the winning touchdown for the Giants over the previously undefeated New England Patriots in the final minute of the 2008 Super Bowl, and former teammate Antonio Pierce were at the Latin Quarter nightclub in Manhattan last November when a gun tucked into Burress' waistband slipped down his leg and fired, wounding him.

The gun was not licensed in New York or in New Jersey, where Burress lived. His license to carry a concealed weapon in the Florida had expired in May 2008.

Pierce, who drove Burress to a hospital after the shooting, was not indicted.

Defense lawyer Benjamin Brafman has said Burress was thinking of his family in taking the plea, but the attorney questioned the recommended prison sentence.

"This was not an intentional criminal act," Brafman said the day of the plea. "In my judgment, a two-year prison sentence is a very severe punishment."

Gil Brandt, an analyst on NFL Sirius Radio and the former head of player personnel for the Dallas Cowboys, said Burress won't be too old for a comeback when he's released from prison.

"First of all, Plaxico is a guy who keeps himself in pretty good shape," Brandt said. "Lots of times guys get heavy in the off-season. He is not a guy who has done that."

But Brandt intimated it could be difficult for Burress to reacquire his football skills after so much time on the sidelines.

"It's like a person who has gone to college or high school and drops out of school for two years," he said. "It is hard to reacquire your study habits. I think it is hard to reacquire the work habits you need to be successful when you have been away from the game for two years or so."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090922/...eapons_charges