The High and Not-As-High Price of Stupid Decisions

With great trepidation, I wade into a take on sports*. The one-time Super Bowl star New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress accepted a plea bargain and, with good behavior, will spend 20 months in jail for accidentally shooting himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub. The Cleveland Browns receiver Donte' Stallworth spent 24 days in jail for running over and killing a man while driving drunk. The big debate revolves around whether the two men received equitable treatment under the law.

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