I agree! These stupid athletes think just because they are famous they should be able to commit a crime and get off easy. Its BS! The judicial system in this country makes me sick! Just for asking for a pardon he should get 10 more years. Once a criminal, always a criminal.

Let me get this straight. Claurett gets 8 years for a concealed weapon, Vick gets 2 years for dog fighting, and Stallworth only gets 30 days for killing somebody??????
Somethings wrong here...

Really Jason? Once a criminal, always a criminal? I haven't heard a more ignorant statement in over a month!

you realize it's how you handle the situation that reflects on how much jailtime you get. stallworth from day one admitted what he did, was saddened, was truly sorry, and he manned up and took whatever they gave him.
Vick denied it all the way up until he was convicted, which pissed people off. They wanted him to pay because he was cocky.
Claurett got a bunch of years, because he too was cocky, but now that he seems genuine, they may help him out.
Moral of the story. Man up, and accept your crimes as they happen.

Once a thug always a thug.

Every state is different...we cannot expect each state to take previous cases into account when they decide the sentences involving different people breaking different laws. You can't compare the cases for this reason. It is BS tho that Stallworth only got 30 days in jail. The only reason he got off so easy though is the family was willing to settle. If they weren't willing to settle, then he wouldn't have been able to buy his way out of jail. It's not like the judge was like, alright, we'll let you off easy and give you 30 days. The family allowed this to happen by taking a huge check instead of making Stallworth do some time. Clarett is a d-bag and he doesn't really deserve another chance for being such a bonehead, but somebody will be stupid enough to at least invite him to camp.

Maurice Clarett - 7years.... Dante Stallworth - 30days... AWESOME!

"Let me get this straight. Claurett gets 8 years for a concealed weapon, Vick gets 2 years for dog fighting, and Stallworth only gets 30 days for killing somebody??????
Somethings wrong here... "
That is putting it mildly. Not to mention that your average prosecutor wouldn't spend this amount of time and energy to object to the release of a non-violent criminal. The People that say they want him to be treated like everyone else, and serve his time don't factor in the fact that he was sentenced more harshly because he can play football, and is in the public eye, than someone not in his position. He also would receive early release without a lot of fanfare.
Can you believe that the entire Vick thing has run it's entire course, including appeals and serving the sentence, in the time that Clarett has been in jail? Something is wrong people, and the public's insistence at mandatory minimums and so-called "judicial reform" rather than appropriate punishment and justice, has created this monster.
And finally, no he won't likely get into the NFL anytime soon, but he could likely play for another league. Since he only has a couple years left to pursue the only thing that he has been trained for by the educational system, he should be given that opportunity. If they don't, I virtually guarantee that he will soon be back in prison. What else has he been trained for? Do you think that the teachers that he came across in his rise to being one of the top recruits in the country were more concerned with his football playing, or turning him into an educated, productive member of normal society? The kid had just graduated from high school, and his entire world had been pulled out from under him by a questionable court opinion and a lot of bad advice from those agents and others who were supposed to be looking out for his best interests.
Not to condone his criminal actions, but at least consider the possibility that Maurice only screwed the system after the system had royally screwed him?

Yeh it's the system that made him do it. Whatever happened to accountability?

Clarett didnt just commit 1 crime and go to jail. Over the course of a few years, and no he wasnt just out of high school he had already washed out of the NFL 3 years after he graduated high school. He had already blew it at OSU which is the reason he tried to go to the NFL early. Then he got in some trouble with drugs, and do you even remember the circumstances for him going to prison? he got pulled over in a stolen car with bullet proof vests on with more than 1 gun lol this guy is just an idiot and jail time probably did him alot of good..... As far as complaining about Stallworth, first of all the family agreed to the plea bargain, second of all if he hadnt been drinking the same thing would have happened and it would be a non story, the amount of alchohol in his system is like 4-5 beers, anyone commenting on this story I will guarantee has driven drunker than that so stfu you hypocrites. 3rd its a different state, a first offense, and different circumstances. Should he go to jail longer, yes but his life is completely f*cked from this point forward, he is never gonna be in the nfl again, living at home for 2 years, probation for 10, and he was involved in someones death sober or not that is crazy to deal with.

Bet Clarett wishes he had ran over a guy while drunk. Then he'd only got a month and still kept a career.

To all the people who will say "he just made a mistake":
If we let everybody get away with "making mistakes", our social order would completely break down. More than it already has. Hopefully Clarett's example will help prevent others from "making mistakes".

Anyone saying Clarett 7 years, Vick 2 years, and Stallworth 30 days us a moron! Why? Because in the first two examples it was all because of them they made their bed. Stallworth on the other hand in this scenario it took two people one who was drunk but may have not even mattered if he was and another person crossing the street illegally.

@ post 12...stallworth was suspended indefinitely....

Meanwhile.....another NFL player gets 30 DAYS IN JAIL for KILLING a man while drunk?
Seriously?

rick, you need to do a little more prayer work after making such a totally racially bigotted remark. also i would like to see the athletes all released and let the economic villains serve their time instead.

nothing beats Scott Van Pelt's joke: "Maurice Clarett, now in THE...Ohio State Penitentiary."
Oh, and Rick, the genetic inferiority is your own. You were clearly born with only half a brain, and the inability to use it.

Rick, man thats not kool at all, your comments about AFRICAN-AMERICANS. I dont know where you are, but go tell a AFRICAN-AMERICAN how you really feel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Maurice! ....I can get you out if you can overturn that Ghost Flag interference call in the Fiesta Bowl!!

What's amazing is Stallworth kills someone and gets 30 days. This guy get 7 years (he deserved it) and he didn't kill anyone. I guess if he'd had more money he could have gone the Stallworth route and simply written a check to get himself off.

People are amazing, I mean I think we have all made mistakes in our lives. Put yourself in his shoes for a one second,He's still pretty much a kid,People make mistakes everyone should have a second chance to prove them selves. No one on this planet is a perfect human, are there some that make better choices then other yes, that obvious. But the kid obviously was not brought up right, He got a load put on him at a young age, and you people who comment on him likes he's Satan or he killed your brother just need to relax. No one knows what made maurice make his decisions except for him and though I've never been in prison Im sure of one thing there is ample time to run through an think about your mistakes. I say give him another shot.

For everybody bringing up Stallworth, the fact that Stallworth should be doing more time than he is doesn't mean that Clarett should be doing less.

Twenty more years should be added to Clarett's sentence for having the gall to ask for a pardon.