In case you haven’t heard by now, Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth will only be spending 30 days in jail for hitting and killing 59 year old Mario Reyes with his Bentley while drunk. That’s right, 30 days. He’ll also spend the next 2 years under house arrest and 8 years on probation, but only 30 days in jail for taking the life of another human being. I know guys who’ve been in jail longer for simple drug charges. This guy kills a man and gets 30 days.

Now, I realize that he took responsibility when it happened, didn’t run from the cops or anything like the guy who killed the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim’s young pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others, but he still killed someone. He shouldn’t get off lightly just because he reached a financial agreement with the victim’s family and “manned-up” for what he did. If he really wanted to take responsibility, he should have found another way to get home that night.

I’m not going to sit here and be hypocritical and say I’ve never driven after I’ve had too much to drink. I have. However, I’ve also learned my lesson and haven’t done it in well over 6 years. Also, I never killed anyone. Hell, I never even had an accident. I was also smart enough to know, at times, when I should just go find a nice, soft place to lay down and sleep it off. There has been only one time where I didn’t remember how I got home, and that was one too many. It was also the reason I stopped driving after I’ve had too much to drink.

I can’t help but wonder if the fact that he plays pro football had anything to do with it. If this were California, I’d definitely suspect that his “celebrity status” had something to do with it. I just don’t understand how more and more “celebrities” get away with crimes that us “average Joes” would spend a lot of time in jail for. Doesn’t make any sense to me at all. Then again, the longer I’m on this earth, the less anything makes sense.

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Tags: Cleveland Browns, Donte Stallworth, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Mario Reyes, Nick Adenhart

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