I don't know too much about this case other than what I've read hear and heard on espn, but it does kinda seem like just an unfortunate event for both sides. Like someone mentioned even though Stallworth was barely above the limit he wasn't hammered and swerving all over the road and he does seem remorseful, took responsibility from the get go and cooperated to the full extent. Also, as Sean1 mentioned if in fact that road was a bit dangerous to begin with being that the rising sun's directly in the driver's view, the pedestrian should be aware of that and have just as much responsibility to be careful of oncoming traffic before crossing whether it's a legal crosswalk or not. I mean, you hear about these pedestrian car accident victims on the news whether there was alcohol involved or not, and I ask myself just how the fuck do you get hit like that by a car? It's not as if the car suddenly appears out of nowhere right in front of you and kills you. A lot of the times you have asshole pedestrians ego trippin' thinking they own the road b/c they're a pedestrian, assuming every car will stop for them. If it's a legal crosswalk then yes, cars are legally bound to stop for pedestrians but we all know many drivers don't do that. So the responsibility's just as much on the pedestrian to absolutely make sure the road's safe for you to cross.
With all that said I still don't get why Stallworth was even drunk that early in the morning. Does anyone know if he drank that morning or if the alcohol was still in his system from a previous night's drinking? If he drank that morning then he's got some issues. Also the only thing that bothers me about this whole case is the fact that the average joe w/out Stallworth's high priced lawyers would serve more time. There's no denying that. But then again that's nothing new as that's just how our fucked up justice system is.
