Doesn’t look good
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- March
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For all those who think Plaxico Burress might make things easy on himself by pleading down his two felony counts of handgun possession before Tuesday’s hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court, think again. ESPN reports some statistics that indicate that, of those who plea to third-degree possession, 80 percent receive some jail time. Remember, too, that New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg long ago declared the court should not only throw the book at Burress, but hit him squarely between the eyes with it.
Doesn’t look good for the wide receiver. It may not come down to a question of doing time, but doing how much time.
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Ernie Palladino
Ernie, those statistics do not differentiate amongst first-time and repeat offenders. With that said I believe he could get 30-120 days.
I would think Bloomberg could see the value in giving Plax lots of community service time and sending him out to schools, kids sporting events, PAL, whatever else and having him talk about the dangers of guns, consequences of stupid decisions, and all that. If he misses one scheduled event send him to jail. Of course Plax would need to show true remorse for being a moron and breaking the law. Let’s face it, if he doesn’t see the errors of his ways after all this he’s toast anyway.
If he misses one scheduled event send him to jail.———————————
Well, based on how regularly he attended Giants’ meetings, he’d be in jail pretty quickly.
I wonder if Plax does indeed do time behind bars if it will be something similar to what Ahmad Bradshaw got when he was able to sit in jail in the nfl’s off-season.
He’ll do time. Question is, will they apply the time during the off season, as has been done with professional athletes before? If Plax is fortunate enough to get that deal, then the next question is whether the Giants suspension last season satisfy the NFL Commish, or will he suspend Plax for part or all of this season? If somehow he escapes that, then we’ve got Plax back… and hopefully with a different outlook on his obligations to his team. Jacobs says this whole thing has changed Plax, and we’ll see a dedicated, disciplined teammate on and off the field. Talk is cheap. Play the game.
By getting bailed out there’s no “time served” and so there will be some time to be served.