I am a firm believer in the whole “innocent until proven guilty” thing that we have going here in the U.S. In this day and age of 24 hour media coverage and FOX News I feel like most people forget about this part of our judicial system.
That being said I think that Michael Vick just went from “deep shit” to “seriously deep you can’t see daylight shit”. One of Vick’s co-defendents, Tony Taylor, pleaded guilty today to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges and agreed to cooperate with the government. Here is the bitch of it. Mr. Taylor didn’t even sign an official plea deal with the government. Sure he will probably receive a reduced sentence but he has no guarantee on paper. According to the MSNBC.com article the judge was quoted as saying “You’re pleading guilty and taking your chances, right?” To which Taylor responded, “Yes.” Frankly I applaud the guy. Overall he is a prick that tortured animals but it is rare occurrence in our current society for someone to admit their wrong doing and accept the consequences.
I have no doubt that Vick hired one of the slickest talking law dogs he could find. I bet we will hear the classic he was young and handed millions of dollars, old friends, bad influences argument. As I said innocent until proven guilty. But when one of the four charged just rolls over and fesses up it doesn’t look good for the rest of the crew.
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Well, I cant agree more.