Cleveland Brown's wide receiver, Donte Stallworth, was charged today in killing a pedestrian after driving drunk in South Beach last month. If he is convicted, he could face up to 15 years in jail. For the 28 year old NFL star, that's a huge chunk of his life that could be spent behind bars, not to include the fact he will never play football in the NFL again.
Stallworth's blood-alcohol level was .126, which is way above the legal limit of .08. Honestly, the blood-alcohol level really doesn't determine anything. It just tells you how much alcohol is in a person's blood. It doesn't show how drunk a person was. A small woman with a blood-alcohol level of .126 probably will be falling all over the place, while an athlete weighing in at 200 and a height of 6 feet (like Stallworth) will most definitely not be in the same state of drunkness. He may not have been very drunk at all. Regardless of this truth, the law is the law and if the legal limit is .08, then don't exceed that.
Anyway, the report claims that Stallworth was driving 50 mph in a 40 mph zone. The report also quoted Stallworth as flashing his lights in an attempt to warn the man, Mario Reyes, before he hit him.
Much grief goes to the family of Reyes. In these situations, the family members of the victim always suffer the most.
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Via: ESPN
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