NFL says ok to kill while DUI but no smoking pot
In Miami DUI cases, all is fair in love and war. At least that's what we would like to think. Some might throw out a little pixie dust and argue that the sentence given to Dante Stallworth (30 days in jail) was fair. They might take another hit on a Disney inspired crack pipe and even argue that justice was done.
Ok, so it appears, at least to the naked eye of the casual observer, that big NFL players get to kill non-NFL players with relative impunity, that a crime to could land most people in prison for years gets a pro athlete a one month free pass to the Miami jail.
Well, thanks to Florida DUI attorney John Musca's blog post, it has not escaped my attention that justice, after all, will be served. He writes:
DUI News, Updates & Opinions : DUIAttorney.com: "The Miami Herald released on Tuesday, June 30, that Stallworth also tested positive for marijuana. Defense attorneys argued that marijuana can remain in the system weeks after use and illegal drugs were not necessarily factored in the fatal crash. This new information may not impact Stallworth's criminal case, but it could affect his deal with the NFL. The NFL has a strict no illegal drugs policy and has suspended Stallworth indefinitely."
(Via DUI News.)
Ahh, the smoking gun. The jock had marijuana in his system. Ok, so the Florida criminal justice system doesn't give a you-know-what. You can mix pot and alcohol and kill a non-jock. That's sort of okay in Florida. No biggie because the pot might not have been active. It might not have impaired his ability to drive (above that which being 1.5 times the legal limit already had). In fact, one could just as coherently make the argument that the pot enhanced his ability to drive.
But justice can be a persistent little bitch. Just ask O.J. But this time it may be the NFL who comes down on Dante Stallworth. In fact, they suspended him indefinitely.
Thanks for the message NFL. If I'm reading you right, you are saying:
a) Killing is okay; but
b) If you smoke pot, well that's just not the kind of example we want around.
So kids, here's the thing. Chose your idols wisely because it may turn out that our supercool drunken killer actually likes to smoke pot.
Learn more about the sometimes very lenient Florida DUI laws.
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