PFT: NFL may suspend Hardy

[Matthias]

I'm getting sick of hearing about how Hardy is appealing his guilty verdict... he's not, he has invoked his right under NC law to request a trial by jury and the prior guilty verdict has no bearing on that - IT'S A NEW TRIAL.

You may agree or disagree with the law, but that's the way it works in NC so it's totally unfair to characterize it as an appeal of a guilty verdict.

Judges in NC know this so if they think there's even the slightest chance that the accused is guilty, it makes sense for them to render a guilty verdict so the case can move on to a real trial.

I don't know what Hardy did, but he claims he is innocent so I think he is entitled to a presumption of innocence until he has his real day in court. Suspending players based only on accusations is a very slippery slope.

 

That's why I get a chuckle every time the media says Hardy was found guilty, and then they quickly spat off "Ohyeahhe'sappealing" right after that as if to cover their own butts legally.  They don't realize what their saying is inaccurate.  Hardy's not waiting for an appeal hearing, he asked for a brand new trial.  The people who will be the jury in that trial, won't be looking at that guilty verdict.  As you said, Hardy is getting a brand new trial.  I just wish somebody would speak that out clearly.

[LA_Panther]

Politicians are going to ruin the only thing pure I got left ... lol don't fugg w. my NFL man

[cbully]

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[hdevonxz]

The entire thing is absolutely ridiculous.  Have we as a society evolved to the point that our legal system is no longer the way we punish people?  Now with any type of accusation you're stripped of your job, your life, peace of mind, and innocence.  No longer are you innocent until proven guilty, everyone is a judge, jury, and executioner.

[hdevonxz]

Where the fug was all this rage, when MMA fighter "war machine" damn near killed and hospitalized his gf? Nobody gave a poo, not even the great and powerful N.O.W organization.

 

He fugged her up bad, and there's an ass load of tweets about it and some coming from the guy himself make him sound insane.  Yet this gets no coverage, I read about it on the internet. Not seen a thing on ESPN

[Snake]

The entire thing is absolutely ridiculous. Have we as a society evolved to the point that our legal system is no longer the way we punish people? Now with any type of accusation you're stripped of your job, your life, peace of mind, and innocence. No longer are you innocent until proven guilty, everyone is a judge, jury, and executioner.

Dude, Salem witch trials... poo has never stopped.

But that's none of my business #frog#tea