Does anybody else think they are crucifying Michael Vick? (i'm gonna get beat with the font for this one...)

Question

I think if it's John Doe, he does a little time, pays a fine but doesn't lose his career and reputation over it.

Answer 1

Crucifying? No way - I think they're going pretty easy on him. It's very rare for anyone to be allowed to plea bargain a federal case. Considering what sentences other people have received, he's basically getting a slap on the wrist. A few cases -

Stacey Miller, 40 year old army veteran, 4 years in prison, $20,000 fine. (Richmond, VA.)
David Tant, 57 years old, North Charleston, NC - Sentenced to 40 years.

Sounds to me like letting him plead down to lesser charges, particularly letting the gambling ones go bye-bye (coincidence that illegal gambling is punishable by a lifetime ban according to NFL rules) and allowing him to serve maybe 1-2 years is letting him get off pretty easy in comparison.
You are right that some "John Doe" might get off easier, and that he won't lose his career or his reputation over it. But chances are, John Doe never signed a contract worth over 100 million dollars with his employer, people probably don't spend hundreds of dollars to go see John Doe at his workplace, and I doubt anyone has paid hundreds of millions of dollars for the right to broadcast John Doe doing his job. Vick was in the public eye, and was paid an obscene amount of money to be there. The price of fame is that everything you do will be magnified. Any "crucifixion" of Vick is nobody's fault but his own.

Answer 2

Okay, I'll try not to beat you up too much.

Hey, how'd you like to be one of Vick's pit bulls that just arrived at his kennels, being kicked in ribs for not attacking a little dog (that has his mouth taped), used as training bait. Then when you finally get the idea that you will be beat to death if you don't chew the throat out of the little dog -you tear it up and eat it because that's all you get to eat. Then, what is your reward...Fight fierce teeth gouging pits again and again and even though your face is half chewed off you must win or die, cause if you lose and don't die you will have a slow "hanging" death - and the life will slowly go out of your eyes- while the audience is laughing at you. That's torture my friend. Anyone that makes an excuse for this is a sick, sadistic, and a cruel human that should be locked away before their violence tendencies kill a human!

Answer 3

No, he s probably getting off way to light as a matter of fact.

Dog fighting, interstate gambling, rackettering, and all felonies. Most people would get at least 3 to 5 years in prison. Not a fine. Mikie boy is getting off light.

They could probably could have charged Mickie boy with tax evasion, mail fraud, and wire fraud in addition which are all serious felonies.

The good thing is Mickie Vick is going to rat on 100's of criminals up and down the east coast who engaged in gambling and dog fighting.

The police say that Mike Vick may furnish enough information to arrest hundreds of people on the east coast. That would be wonderful and a huge step in the right direction for eliminating criminals from America.

Answer 4

Michael Vick is worth millions...he has no reason to be abusing animals on the side, he should have thought about his reputation and career before he engaged in those activities...besides that, going to jail will only put more money in his pocket because while he's there, he won't have to pay any costs of living he would incur outside of prison, so his money will just sit and gain interest...if they wanted to pick an appropriate punishment they should make him donate a crapload of that money to animal shelters.

Answer 5

#1 John Doe isnt all over television
#2 John Doe does not have his own shoe endorsements
#3 John Doe wasnt all over covers of SI

While yes, Michael Vick is going to get a little harder treatment than your average John Doe, its deservedly so.. He knew he was going to be all over the news on a semi-daily basis coming out of college. Blame the media for all the coverage this is getting, it honestly is their fault for blowing it up. Now, dont take this as an 'i support mike vick' statement, take this as a 'he's famous therefore his fame is his curse as well as his blessing' statement..

On the flip side, if he got pulled over for a DUI, odds are he'd be let go where John Doe would spend the night in jail, lose his license and all that other good stuff.

Answer 6

Well............did Paris Hilton deserve to go to jail for 2 weeks for violating her parole? Does Lindsey Lohan deserve jail time for her 2nd DUI and possession of coke? Why then wouldn't Michael Vick be entitled to whatever punishment the law requires for his illegal activity? Pete Rose was banned from baseball and his name was dragged through the mud for YEARS, just because of sports betting! Personally I'm getting sick of all the talk about Michael Vick. He was an overrated quarterback that just happened to know how to run like a running back, and the Falcons were foolish to spend $150 million trying build an entire franchise around him. What did they finish last year? That's right......7/9 and 3rd in the NFC South!

Answer 7

The difference between John Doe and Micheal Vick is simple, Vick is in the limelight, his job and career are open for public view, that is why the same crime committed by a celebrity is viewed harder than the same done by you or me.

Answer 8

Do you know what? Jesus Christ was cruicified and guess what? Michael "dog killer" Vick is NO Jesus Chirst. He's just and a**hole, ignorant, unsensitive a**hole. And I tell you what else, had he been a John Doe like you said, we would all hate him as much, got that right? And to the ones that say that he's not a rapist or molester, what he committed was a CRIME, big crime as well and he has to pay for it.

Answer 9

Problem is the NFL is a privilege and it has to ensure it will not lose viewers of its games and purchasers of its merchandise, when a high profile player is in legal trouble it makes the NFL look like a den of thieves and crooks. so yes they are going to suspend players. You doing this and going to work at the local piggley wiggley grocery store means nothing so your career is minor.

Answer 10

Whatever. He broke the law (and as a dog lover I have a real problem with what he did) and now he gets to enjoy the consequences. Crucifying? Witch-hunt? Yeah, maybe. But the bottom line is that he broke the law.