Browns2405 Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Cornwell Claims Stallworth Won’t Be On “House Arrest” In Classic Sense Posted by Mike Florio on June 18, 2009, 1:49 p.m. Though the reports regarding receiver Donte’ Stallworth’s sentence for DUI manslaughter indicate that Stallworth will be placed on two years of house arrest, lawyer David Cornwell told Sirius NFL Radio on Wednesday that Stallworth won’t be placed on “house arrest,” per se. (Thanks to SportsRadioInterviews.com for reminding us about this one.) Instead, Stallworth will be on “community control.” Cornwell said that Stallworth will have to submit a regular schedule as to his proposed activities, and that he’ll have to check in with probation authorities more often than a person on probation normally would. On one hand, this characterization helps Stallworth’s effort to be permitted to play football during the coming two years. Put simply, Stallworth won’t be wearing an ankle bracelet (possibly with a “Chico’s Bail Bonds” logo) while running pass routes. Thus, a two-year suspension might be less likely. On the other hand, creating the impression that “community control” isn’t really house arrest makes it seem even more befuddling that Stallworth could receive such a small restriction to his liberty for admitting to killing a man while driving drunk. That said, Cornwell’s take seems to be a bit off the mark. We spoke this afternoon with Gretl Plessinger, Director of Communications for the Florida Department of Corrections, regarding the concept of “community control. “A lot of people think of it as house arrest,” she said. (Oops.) Ms. Plessinger also explained that Stallworth will be required to provide a detailed weekly schedule of his activities for approval, and that his probation officer will then monitor (via techniques like the “pop-in”) whether Stallworth is complying. She said that, by law, Florida probation officers assigned to “community control” duty have a limited number of cases, to allow them to aggressively monitor whether the person is complying with the terms of the schedule. She also said that electronic surveillance typically isn’t used, by the judge imposing the sentence has the option of requiring the use of such a device. So, at best, Stallworth is on “house arrest light.” But it’s still house arrest; he has no freedom to come and go as he pleases, and all departures from his residence must be approved in advance. Thus, the question the NFL still needs to ask itself in this case is whether the privilege of playing pro football extends to guys who are on house arrest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownshirt Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Cornwell Claims Stallworth Won’t Be On “House Arrest” In Classic Sense Posted by Mike Florio on June 18, 2009, 1:49 p.m. Though the reports regarding receiver Donte’ Stallworth’s sentence for DUI manslaughter indicate that Stallworth will be placed on two years of house arrest, lawyer David Cornwell told Sirius NFL Radio on Wednesday that Stallworth won’t be placed on “house arrest,” per se. (Thanks to SportsRadioInterviews.com for reminding us about this one.) Instead, Stallworth will be on “community control.” Cornwell said that Stallworth will have to submit a regular schedule as to his proposed activities, and that he’ll have to check in with probation authorities more often than a person on probation normally would. On one hand, this characterization helps Stallworth’s effort to be permitted to play football during the coming two years. Put simply, Stallworth won’t be wearing an ankle bracelet (possibly with a “Chico’s Bail Bonds” logo) while running pass routes. Thus, a two-year suspension might be less likely. On the other hand, creating the impression that “community control” isn’t really house arrest makes it seem even more befuddling that Stallworth could receive such a small restriction to his liberty for admitting to killing a man while driving drunk. That said, Cornwell’s take seems to be a bit off the mark. We spoke this afternoon with Gretl Plessinger, Director of Communications for the Florida Department of Corrections, regarding the concept of “community control. “A lot of people think of it as house arrest,” she said. (Oops.) Ms. Plessinger also explained that Stallworth will be required to provide a detailed weekly schedule of his activities for approval, and that his probation officer will then monitor (via techniques like the “pop-in”) whether Stallworth is complying. She said that, by law, Florida probation officers assigned to “community control” duty have a limited number of cases, to allow them to aggressively monitor whether the person is complying with the terms of the schedule. She also said that electronic surveillance typically isn’t used, by the judge imposing the sentence has the option of requiring the use of such a device. So, at best, Stallworth is on “house arrest light.” But it’s still house arrest; he has no freedom to come and go as he pleases, and all departures from his residence must be approved in advance. Thus, the question the NFL still needs to ask itself in this case is whether the privilege of playing pro football extends to guys who are on house arrest. I must be missing something? A Florida PO is going to pop in on him when he's in Cleveland or where ever playing football. I'm lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aloysius Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Per Rotoworld: The NFL has suspended Donte' Stallworth indefinitely without pay by the NFL. EDIT: More from PFT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AdaM Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Per Rotoworld: ohhhhhhhhh shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns2405 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Per Rotoworld: EDIT: More from PFT It seems my attempt to share some news has been outdone once again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUNSofSTEEL08 Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 It seems my attempt to share some news has been outdone once again... Like you guys actually want an Under Achieving man , with a lack of regard for Peoples safety in Public on your team anyway. Send him to Cincinnati !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns2405 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Like you guys actually want an Under Achieving man , with a lack of regard for Peoples safety in Public on your team anyway. Send him to Cincinnati !! Where did I state that this was for the Browns? I just meant in a general sense. Nothing against Donte as a person but I doubt Mangini would keep him on the team with his underperforming season last year and the things he's done to sort of hint that he's moving on withouth him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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