Micheal Vick going to jail?

Question

I have been hearing all over the news that he was getting in a lot of trouble for hosting dog fights. I want to know who out there thinks he should go to jail.

Answer 1

This guy should go to jail , not only is it a crime, most importantly these animals didn't deserve treatment like this.. This guy makes alot of money playing football , why gamble on which dog dies. He basically killed his own football career along with alot of dogs. He will get what he deserves... People don't like hearing about this kind of abuse.. I'm sure this will cost him his job with the NFL........

Answer 2

Well he hasn't been convicted of anything yet, but federal prosecuters have around a 95% conviction rate. This is a little misleading tho. A high majority of the cases are settled before going to court because the suspect accepts a plea bargain. The legal system is actually built to attempt to force suspects to plea bargain because it saves the government and prosecuters time and money. It also ensures that the suspect will only be in prison for a short period of time, whereas if they were to take it to court, they will face typically 3 to 4 times longer sentences. Theoretically everyone wins, but it often times will force an innocent suspect into plea bargaining to avoid the potentially longer sentences.

In my opinion, Vick is probably loosely tied to this case. Yes, it was his property. Yes it was his money being spent to get the dogs, and I'm sure he bet on them. However, he probably was smart enough to not directly be associated with it so he could claim ignorance in this exact situation. His friends are going to take the fall for it, and he will probably plea bargain. He then would have to pay the maximum fine, and he may see a couple months of jail time. More than likely he will be suspended from the league for up to a season. I wish he were going to prison tho because he definitely deserves it.

Answer 3

This is a Federal indictment and they don't screw around, they are not "LA County" just ask Scooter Libby, Conrad Black or the guys from Enron. They don't indite if there isn't the evidence there to convict, and if they do indite, you can rest assured that there is a better than 90% chance of conviction even with great lawyers (all the above had the most expensive lawyers available, too!)

This crime carries a maximum 6 year sentence, he will most likely end up with 18 months and at least a year's NFL suspension. After that nobody will want this guy at any price, its like Mike Tyson, Vick's carrer is effectively done............

Answer 4

If he gets convicted the maximum time he would go to jail is 6 years. I doubt he will get the max time though because hes a 1st time offender. He will most likely be suspended or ban from the NFL, I don't think any team/fan would want him being a part of any franchise with that kind of baggage(if convicted).

They also have the FBI in on it and about 4 witnesses, it sounds like a pretty strong case.

Answer 5

Let's lay the teams out. Vick's team will have some of the BEST HIGH priced attorneys, The NFL, The owner of the Falcons, Some Falcon teammates speaking out for him on camera and some in the background, some jurors who are fans and don't think dogs should be worried about, groups marching for Vick, and Vick will have someone trying to take the fall for him. Don't forget the sponsors, which way will they go.
The opposing team. The prosecuting attorneys, very few teammates against Vick and certainly wanting their name out of the press, Animal rights activist marching against Vick, the Falcons, and sponsors, certain media Some member of the scum who fight the dogs make a deal with the P.A. Evidence.

A deal will be made and Vick will play. I hope I am wrong. I personally feel anyone who fights a pit bull should be forced to get in the ring and fight other pit bulls. Make it a team of pit bulls. 11 pit bulls against 1 owner. That would be a thrill for those spineless pit bull dog owners

Answer 6

All he has to do is have his cousins (or friends or whatever) take the fall. They take full blame, saying Michael had no knowledge of the dog fighting. Unless the government has a lot of sound/video bytes with Vick, this would work. He makes sure they have their commissary money in the pen and takes care of them when they get out. Besides, what else are the cousins gonna do?

Hell, that's what Barry Bonds is doing with Greg Anderson.

Answer 7

If he did everything the Federal Prosecutor said he did he should go to jail for 10 years. I don't care he it was only a dog.

He trained dog to kill each other and he killed the ones that did not make the cut. Hell if they were humans he would get the death penalty.

Again if he did it he should go to jail, if not let him play ball,

Answer 8

Odds are no. He won't see jail time. The loss of income and endorsements will hurt him more. The one thing that has surprised me is that the race issue is not being raised here. Dispite what Clintor Portis may say....even in the black community Dog Fighting is considered barbaric.

Answer 9

He has too much money to go to jail. The judge will probably just set a bond of like a million bucks and make him serve community service or something.

Answer 10

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