2007-09-27 04:41:12 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
I think Ray Lewis should have been locked up. Goes to show how messed up America's judicial system is ( Vick vs Lewis charges)
2007-09-27 04:50:12 · update #1
nothing was swept under the rug. he was arrested and charged with a crime, but as the facts came out he was cleared. it happens all the time. being arrested and charged is not the same thing as committing a crime. this issue was over and done with years ago.
to the first answer, it was ray caruth, panthers, who is currently serving a life sentence no parole for conspiracy in the murder of his wife.
there is a big difference in lewis and vick. LEWIS DIDNT DO ANYTHING. vick did. good grief....
2007-09-27 04:57:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 3⤋
No. He was charged, but then in exchange for his testimony against his buddies, or whoever else was charged, he was exonerated. He was initially charged with murder because there was evidence against him and he was afraid to squeal on his buddies.
2007-09-27 04:47:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't' think so...
Jamal Lewis went to Jail for drugs. Someone else in the league was convicted of Murder but I don't know his name off the top of my head. I do know it wasn't Ray Lewis.
2007-09-27 04:44:32 · answer #3 · answered by Elric22 2 · 1⤊ 6⤋
He is a much better player than Vick.
2007-09-27 06:55:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 5⤋
FACT: Despite his accomplishments on the field, Lewis' public image was tarnished following a Super Bowl party on January 31, 2000. Following this party, he was brought into the Atlanta Police Department for questioning, then arrested (along with his friends Reginald Oakley and Joseph Sweeting) and charged with the murders of Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar. Baker and Lollar were stabbed to death outside a nightclub during a fight in the Buckhead district of Atlanta. The charges resulted in Lewis being held in custody, preventing him from playing in the Pro Bowl in Hawaii the following Sunday. Lewis then posted bail and was scheduled for a spring trial.
The trial of Lewis and his codefendants started during the following spring. After the prosecution had presented its case, with little or no evidence that Lewis had committed any overt acts against the victims, Lewis's attorney arranged with prosecutors to dismiss the murder charges and let Lewis plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of obstruction of justice[20]; he also agreed to testify against Oakley and Sweeting, who were each charged with murder. Lewis accepted this plea bargain, and he was sentenced to one year of unsupervised, unrestricted probation. He was also offered expungment of this record if he successfully completed his probation, and was not suspended by the NFL. He was fined a league record US$250,000.
Compare this to Michael Vick who will never play in the NFL again, lost hundreds of millions in contracts & endorsements, and who will probably end up serving many many years in prison by state and federal prosecutors. Not because he was present during a double murder, but because of dog fighting. Go figure.
2007-09-27 04:46:03 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 5⤊ 11⤋