Thread: Has Jolly Seen His Last Day's As A Packer?

Originally Posted by Evernight

I have zero sympathy for him. Given every chance to succeed in life and even a second chance (which many people never get) and he pisses it all away. He was told to stop hanging around the people he was hanging around by our management and he refused. He made his bed, now he sleeps in it for the rest if his sorry ass life. His NFL career is over. Good riddance Jolly, and may the door hit you repeatedly in the ass on the way out.

That's the way it is with most addictions. Until you hit absolute rock bottom and realize you've lost everything addicts always think the can control their addiction and stop anytime they want to. Problem is most of them don't want to until it's too late. Having a mental disorder doesn't help either.

He had to make the decision on his own to change his lifestyle and his friendships and he didn't. Now he pays the price and with any luck gets the help he needs to put his life back together because it's sure as hell shot in the ass now.

not sure how he pulled this off.. but not doing jailtime- though doubt the league let's him back..

Johnny Jolly sentenced to probation

HOUSTON -- A judge has sentenced Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Johnny Jolly to probation after he pleaded guilty to a 2008 drug possession charge in Houston in a plea deal with prosecutors.


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Jolly was sentenced Thursday during a hearing. He was accused of possessing at least 200 grams of codeine, a controlled substance, after being arrested outside a Houston club three years ago.

He was charged again earlier this year with possession of codeine, but that count was dropped.

As part of his sentence, Jolly will receive drug treatment at a facility in Houston run by former NBA player and coach John Lucas. He had faced up to 20 years in prison.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=6403024

He gets busted, goes to jail, gets out and gets busted again for the same damn thing and they give him probation? Where's the logic here? Lock his dumb ass up and throw away the key!

Originally Posted by Evernight

He gets busted, goes to jail, gets out and gets busted again for the same damn thing and they give him probation? Where's the logic here? Lock his dumb ass up and throw away the key!

Not the worst idea in the world but not the best either. He won't ditch he addiction in jail but he may if he gets intensive treatment. Besides, if he violates his probation you can be very sure that he'll do time with the Texas Dept of Corrections. The only logic you can apply is that although it's his 2nd arrest the older case was a first offense and you usually don't do jail time for possession on a first
offense. Plus the charges on the second arrest were dropped so they couldn't be used as evidence of any wrong doing.

Originally Posted by soulman

Not the worst idea in the world but not the best either. He won't ditch he addiction in jail but he may if he gets intensive treatment. Besides, if he violates his probation you can be very sure that he'll do time with the Texas Dept of Corrections. The only logic you can apply is that although it's his 2nd arrest the older case was a first offense and you usually don't do jail time for possession on a first
offense. Plus the charges on the second arrest were dropped so they couldn't be used as evidence of any wrong doing.

that is what has many shaking their heads..

Jolly could’ve faced up to 20 years in prison. But he was given pretrial diversion, a form of probation that would’ve had the charge against him dismissed if he didn’t break the law over the next year. Part of the sentence was 160 hours of community service, which included 10 speaking engagements where he was supposed to talk to children and others about the dangers of drug use.

he was already on probation( when started the trial, the judge slapped this on him, as the judge had advertisements of jolly being at local bar parties, despite being told he could not do that).. so that he got arresed again for same possession of coedine, most expected jail time.. they dropped the 2nd charge as "part of the plea" of guilty on the first arrest, so it was actually evidence of wrong foing and part of the plea arrangement. IMO he got very lucky with this

Originally Posted by dabears54

that is what has many shaking their heads..

Jolly could’ve faced up to 20 years in prison. But he was given pretrial diversion, a form of probation that would’ve had the charge against him dismissed if he didn’t break the law over the next year. Part of the sentence was 160 hours of community service, which included 10 speaking engagements where he was supposed to talk to children and others about the dangers of drug use.

he was already on probation( when started the trial, the judge slapped this on him, as the judge had advertisements of jolly being at local bar parties, despite being told he could not do that).. so that he got arresed again for same possession of coedine, most expected jail time.. they dropped the 2nd charge as "part of the plea" of guilty on the first arrest, so it was actually evidence of wrong foing and part of the plea arrangement. IMO he got very lucky with this

I don't agree with it with the exception that he may get better help in treatment on the outside than on the inside. He got lucky because he has a smart attorney. Despite a second offense and a violation of the requirements of his diversion the only thing in front of the judge was the first offense and that's what he was sentenced on. The second offense and the diversion violation were dropped so they couldn't influence sentencing. JMO

The answer to the question is yes, yes, double yes with a side order of yes.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...hargesagain-2/

Dumbass!