Donte Stallworth’s Sentence Was no Slap on the Wrist.

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Published: June 16, 2009

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... are a murderer. I get mad whenever I hear anybody say it was an accident. 

You know that by getting behind the wheel of a car you can kill somebody. That is no accident. It was premeditated murder.

However, in this case there were extenuating circumstances. Those circumstances have nothing to do with him being an NFL receiver. It has to do with the fact that the death of the victim was probably unavoidable.

He ran out into the street in front of Stallworth. It also was not in a crosswalk, but in an area where pedestrians are not supposed to be. Therefore, Stallworth, or anybody else, would have hit him if he was completely sober.

To me, it now becomes a DUI case as opposed to a vehicular manslaughter. Did he get a fair sentence for a DUI? I think he did.

As far as I know it was his first offense. Most people lose their license for a period of time and can get it back after a while if they live up to certain conditions. He, howe...

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