that the alcohol was not the reason the guy was killed. There’s a hundred different versions of the story, but the overriding theme is that the guy who was hit was not in the crosswalk, and therefore breaking the law. If Stallworth was sober, this is an easy verdict, because you, as a driver, cannot be held responsible for what happens to a pedestrian crossing at the wrong time or at the wrong place.

It’d be the same as if a guy ran a red light, you hit him, and he died. He’s at fault, even though he got the worst of it.

Now, if Stallworth was driving recklessly, ran a red light, or otherwise broke the law, and that led to him hitting this guy, than it will be DUI Manslaughter. If not, it’ll be a DUI, and that’ll be the end of it. But for now, he’s innocent until proven guilty, and we’ll learn about the truth of the situation during the course of the trial. I’m not gonna call for the guy to fry, especially if it comes out that the dude he hit was actually at fault for the accident…

and then try to plea bargain, thats just how it works

with DUI…not DUI Manslaughter because the guy (Reyes) was hit OUTSIDE of a crosswalk, so Reyes is at fault there, and Stallworth will not get the manslaughter charge IMO, but he was still DUI so he will get charged for that and will probably get Community service, probation, and his license suspended…and btw, Stallworth did express sympathy for what he did, and apologized to Reyes’ family…

and kill someone in my family, i don’t know if i could wait to see what the court does

and I either had a traffic violation, any drugs/alcahol in system, and man was out of the crosswalk. First off whether he in crosswalk or not pedistrian has right away and that alone does not releive driver of responsablity. The guy that was struck and died by the bus I was driving was not in the crosswalk yet they agreesively went after me(politcally motived) even though it was determined I violated no traffic law(which is key according to my lawyer and kept them from seeking larger degree of Vec Manslaughter) and had no witnesses nor evidence of exactly how accident accured. I had to hire lawyer, 2 investgators, and a reconstruction expert to piece together how accident happened using my 2 invesagators gather information. Only after it was determined that man was in bank 4 minutes prior to impact(investagator found out and obtained time stamped dposit slip and bank video), that bank was 1 block behind my original travel direction(I was in left lane on a 3 lane oneway streetprior to making a lefthand turn) accident accured 3/4s into lefthand turn into the far righthand lane onto a 3 lane oneway street) did the DA drop charges which was 1 day to picking jury. My point is that this is a polically motivated case like mine, IF as been reported he was legally drunk and violating traffic laws in course of accident it does matter if guy was laying face down in middle of street he is screwed(as should be) UNLESS and the only way he can get off with the traffic violations only(speeding, illigal lane use, and DUI) is if man jumped out in front of him and it can be proved even a driver obeying traffic laws and was sober could not have avoided he will fry. If all that was reported is accurate he pleaded not guilty just to give his lawyer time to plea-bargain using mainly the cost of trial as leverage. Even having nothing illigal against me(traffic violation at time of accident), knowing that ped was struck outside crosswalk, and not knowing exactly how accident happened or where exactly man was struck the DA went for my throat.I was fortunate in that I knew how serious situation was even under my circumstance and that my investagators found out(retraced peds day/steps) enough information for my reconstruction expert could with 80% certainity determine what happened and it still cost me over 30,000, a career, a marriage, and an emotional permanate change that can not ever be understood without experiencing taking a life without cause/reason(war/protecting self or loved ones) not matter one’s fault or not. A DAs career can be made and lost on this case and Staalworth will pay the price. Unless something extrordanaire like man jumped in front of him or information released is incorrect Stallworth’s career and freedom is gone.

He expressed genuine sorrow and regret for what he has done, any decent human being would, however he will most likely get a DUI or a DUI Manslaughter charge and he should be jailed.

Of course Ray Lewis was pretty much an accessory to murder and got off free….

Stallworth is doing the same thing you and everybody else in this blog would do in this situation. He is taking advantage exclusively of the legal system, he is not relying on his star status to get out if this. If his status is doing something for him is just work against him because that will motivate (just as plaxico´s case) the DA to get a conviction and make an example out of him. He is pleading not guilty because :

“Section 316.193(3)©(3)(b) of the Florida Statutes. A person who is driving while drunk doesn’t commit DUI manslaughter simply by driving drunk and being involved in an accident resulting in another person’s death. To be liable for DUI manslaughter, the drunk driver also must have caused or contributed to the causation of the incident.”

So if he, or anyone else for that matter, has a way to inject reasonable doubt and convince the jury that the man who was walking across the street where he by all means was not supposed to be walking and prove that a man jaywalking in a multiple-lane highway with a posted speed limit of 40 miles per hour might very well have been struck by Stallworth even if his BAC had been 0.0 percent, then, as the legal system clearly states, he could walk out of the courtroom a free man. And if that is the case, it would be just fine because the US has a legal system that should dictate the outcome of a case where a man´s liberty is at stake, and prevent judgmental people like you to out of anger do just that.

This is not about moral it is about LAWS