NFL New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress has been sentenced to two years jail time pleading guilty to New York's tough gun laws. He has been found guilty of criminal possession of a weapon.
He will first be detained at Rikers Island. He'll first spend time in pens and be transported by the familiar white buses to Rikers. He will be moved within a month from Rikers to one of 34 medium security prisons in NY state where more security guards monitor the movement of inmates. This is better for Burress which helps in his own safety.
Burress arrived with this son in his arms and family in tow including his father. Burress attorney Benjamin Brafman commented the case was "terribly sad and very tragic." He also stated that law has no flexibility, not even the court had descrition to impose a less severe penalty.
Perhaps these words by Brafman say it best, "You can violate the law, be subject to severe punishment and not be a criminal."
This ordeal began when Plaxico and team mate Antonia Pierce were in the Latin Quarter nightclub in Manhattan in November of 2008. A gun Plaxico had in his pants fell down his pants and resulting in the gun discharging and shooting himself in his right thigh. The gun was unlicensed and in fact expired in Florida months earlier. Burress will be 34 when released.