NEW YORK (AP)—Former Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress apologized to his family and tearfully kissed his pregnant wife and young son goodbye Tuesday before he was led away to prison to begin serving a two-year sentence on a weapons charge.
Maybe it's just me, but I don't think, for what he did, and as full as prisons are, that he should get this sentance. Put a monitor on his leg, let him stay home for the sentence, but not prison.
They are saying, because of his celebrity status, they might have to keep him in maximum security. Then leave him at home. Let him pay for his incarceration rather than the taxpayers.
I don't see where any purpose is served, other than he might get killed, and then his family can sue the state for something, by his being in prison. He made a dumb mistake, as I recall, he shot himself in the leg, that was probably punishment enough.
I doubt that he will ever carry a gun again, but his jail time, to me, not necessary. And, it costs the state a lot of money, and Plaxico is probably a multi-millionaire. In this case, I don't think the punishment fits the crime.
