ESPN reports Vick offered a 18 to 36 month deal

[spain]

And if the judge is persuaded by compelling evidence that contradicts Vick's allocution or demonstrates that Vick is pleading in bad faith?

The judge can actually refuse to accept the guilty plea altogether. The judge also is not bound to accept the terms of the plea agreement itself and can actually impose a sentence different than what the defendant and prosecutor expected. That rately ever happens. But in those cases, sometimes the defendant is allowed to withdraw his plea, but doesnt have to be given that option. But this notion that the judge has "absolute leeway" to impose any sentence he deems fit up to and including the statutory maximum is incorrect. The Federal Sentencing Guidelines were designed to take the discretion in sentencing out of the judges hands and basically forces him to impose a sentence within a certain range of punishment, respecting the fact that other factors can be used to allow him to deviate up or down from the respective range.

[nogohawk]

Are you kidding me? Vick as a hall of famer? I don't even know where to start with that statement. He should never even be considered for the HOF. He's not a good qb, he sucks. He's the most overrates player in the NFL. He will never get into the HOF just by being popular. Now all of the dog fitting, please! The days of Michael Vick are over. He can just go back to where he came from and we can all just forget he even exists.

 

F'n newb