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Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: Warhawk ()
Date: August 20, 2009 11:40AM

EW YORK (WABC) -- Former New York Giant Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty Thursday morning in a deal with prosecutors that will send him to prison for two years.

Burress pleaded guilty to on count of second-degree attempted criminal possession of a weapon. He will also be subject to two years post-prison supervision.

The deal, hammered out between prosecutors in the Manattan District Attorney's Offfice and Burress' lawyer, was the result of negotiations ongoing since his arrest last November.

Burress was indicted earlier this month on gun possession charges for accidentally shooting himself in the thigh in a nightclub.


During negotations, Burress' attorney was attempting to limit his client's prison time to a year behind bars. But the Manhattan District Attorney's office insisted on two years.

If Burress had been convicted of all charges, he could have faced 3 1/2 to 15 years in prison.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: Gravis ()
Date: August 20, 2009 11:42AM

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: August 20, 2009 11:49AM

Burress is an ass, but 2 years for shooting yourself seems a bit harsh.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Date: August 20, 2009 11:50AM

I just hope that Roger Goodell sticks to his guns with the 8 game suspension this season.

Oh.

Nevermind.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: ITRADE ()
Date: August 20, 2009 12:07PM

Plaxico? Was his moma a pharmacist?

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: Vince(1) ()
Date: August 20, 2009 12:16PM

I dont care

Registered Voter...a Big talking coward..big man on FFXU...little man in life.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: joe woa ()
Date: August 20, 2009 12:40PM

has anyone ever heard of anyone else being sent to prison for shooting them self?

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:02PM

NYC has super strict gun laws. Since the pistol he had was concealed, he needed a permit and it sounds like he didn't have one.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: joe woa ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:28PM

i wonder was the gun registered to him or stolen or what i know VA has tough gun laws but NY seems even stricter

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: § ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:35PM

That, my friends, is because of Mike Bloomberg.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: MrMephisto ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:36PM

Plaxi was set up by the RACIST and CORRUPT WHITE COPS.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: pro crim ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:40PM

joe woa Wrote:
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> has anyone ever heard of anyone else being sent to
> prison for shooting them self?

no, but I have heard of people being sent to prison for illegally possessing firearms.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: § ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:41PM

Was he already a felon? If so, that would explain the jail time.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: Registered Voter ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:41PM

Please, he got off easy. He had 2 counts of possessing an unregistered and concealed firearm in NY City, each with Mandatory minimums of 3.5 yrs. They had him dead to rights - so the fact that he was able to plea bargain to get 2 years (and he will probably get early release) is a boon for him.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: § ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:47PM

The more pressing question is, "What type parents would name their kid, Plaxico?"

Is that supposed to mean something? W.T.F?

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: Registered Voter ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:49PM

lol - perhaps you could look into that for us...

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:52PM

§ Wrote:
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> The more pressing question is, "What type parents
> would name their kid, Plaxico?"
>
> Is that supposed to mean something? W.T.F?


He was named after his uncle. So believe it or not, there are actually 2 people walking around with that goofy name.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: Numbers ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:53PM

It's not so much because he shot himself, it's because he might have accidently shot someone else at the club.
What if the gun had hit the floor and discharged in the other direction? The club was packed full of similar dummies, including Antonio Pierce (whose lucky the bullet didn't hit him).

I have to believe that this penalty is to send a message to every other idiot that wants to be cool and bring guns into clubs. Also, anyone that brings a gun into a club most likely has probably never had any firearm training and therefore shouldn't even possess a gun in the first place. Plaxico is a prime example of this. Just another big dork that ruined his life because he wanted to look cool.

I nominate him for a Darwin Award.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: Johnny Walker ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:53PM

eesh Wrote:
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> NYC has super strict gun laws. Since the pistol he
> had was concealed, he needed a permit and it
> sounds like he didn't have one.


He didn't have one, and being a NJ resident he couldn't get one to carry in NYC anyways. Yeah their gun laws are really strict. Idiot shouldn't have worn sweatpants and expect a gun to stay in place tucked in there.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: eesh ()
Date: August 20, 2009 01:57PM

Johnny Walker Wrote:
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> Idiot shouldn't
> have worn sweatpants and expect a gun to stay in
> place tucked in there.


Especially since he was carrying a Glock which has no external safeties. He probably reached in his pocket and snagged the trigger.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: August 20, 2009 02:00PM

eesh Wrote:
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> He probably reached in his pocket and snagged the trigger.


That's exactly what happened. It slipped down his pant leg and when he grabbed for it, he accidentally pulled the trigger.

What a dumbass.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: Melissa ()
Date: August 21, 2009 12:01AM

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: RESton Peace ()
Date: August 21, 2009 02:26AM

This arrogant dick deserves everything he's gotten, and more. Good riddance. His NFL career is over, 36 and two years out is not going to cut it.

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: Dwight. ()
Date: August 21, 2009 07:00AM

he's going to a place where "spread offense" has a different meaning. ha ha ha

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: 3jcWU ()
Date: August 21, 2009 09:11AM

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> eesh Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >
> > He probably reached in his pocket and snagged
> the trigger.
>
>
> That's exactly what happened. It slipped down his
> pant leg and when he grabbed for it, he
> accidentally pulled the trigger.
>
> What a dumbass.

For the want of a $35 holster, his freedom and career are lost...

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: TheMeeper ()
Date: August 21, 2009 09:21AM

3jcWU Wrote:
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>
> For the want of a $35 holster, his freedom and career are lost...


What the heck was he carrying a gun for in the first place?

A) Get a permit
B) If you don't have a permit, leave the gun at home
C) If you feel your in danger, you're rich, hire a bodyguard
D) If you can't get a bodygaurd, go hang out somewhere less dangerous or stay home

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Re: Plaxico Burress heading to the Slammer....
Posted by: cVD9v ()
Date: August 21, 2009 09:39AM

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> 3jcWU Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >
> >
> > For the want of a $35 holster, his freedom and
> career are lost...
>
>
> What the heck was he carrying a gun for in the
> first place?

I dunno and don't really care. That's all on him. If you've decided that you absolutely positively must carry a weapon on you for some reason or another, do it the right way. If he hadn't shot himself, he probably wouldn't have been busted. Keeping the gun in a holster would likely have prevented that, either by keeping the gun on his waistband or by preventing him from sticking his finger in the trigger guard.

You are right though, this was a failure of basic intelligence from start to finish. First, don't break the law. If you must break the law, don't get caught.

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