Stallworth Suspended for Entire Season

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Without hearing all of the evidence of the events, it's hard for me to conclude either way that the court's sentence was too lenient. To me, one thing seems to keep getting overlooked or understated. The victim was not some "innocent" guy crossing the street at an intersection. From what I've read, he dashed across the middle of the street to try to catch a bus and any driver (whether drinking or not) would have hit him. Had Donte not been drinking, charges would not likely have been filed. But he was drinking and he was over the legal limit, so he was guilty of a crime. A crime that he was punished for by someone who did review all of the evidence of the events. Another thing not always brought up is that the State brings the criminal charges, not the victims family. So regardless of whether or not they were "paid off", such payments do not affect the strength of the State's criminal case and the Judge's sentence. Taking away someone's livelihood for an entire year, seems too harsh looking in from the outside, but again, I haven't seen all of the evidence. What was the Commish's decision based on? An in depth review of the events… I don't know, but I'm sure Donte and his legal team will appeal this one.