Manhattan D.A.: Plaxico Will Do Time

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Published: July 27, 2009

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... day after we reported on a rumor that the New York Giants were considering bringing back embattled WR Plaxico Burress, the man who holds Burress' fate in his hands spoke out.

Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau, who is in his final months in the big office in Foley Square after 34 years, apparently has not softened his stance in the gun-possession case against Burress.

It was not what Burress' attorney, Ben Brafman (pictured) wanted to hear, saying he was "bitterly disappointed" but vowed to fight in court if forced.

Morgenthau, who will turn 90 this week, told the New York Post that "We've always taken the position that he's going to have to go to jail, whether by trial or by plea," and would not comment on how his office would treat LB Antonio Pierce, who attended to Burress after Burress shot himself in the leg with an illegal handgun last November. 

Pierce is apparently still very much in the soup in this case. Morgent...

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