Gilbert Arenas trade

[SteveNashMVP]

Arenas would probably shoot and kill Nash in the lockerroom one day and ruin the franchise LMAO

[JohnVancouver]

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcspor ... csportsbog

[Biff]

Professional athletes have access to some of the best attorneys in the country. Our country's legal system really only works for those who have the money to pay a good attorney. If you don't, you're getting whatever plea bargain they offer you.

That said, if Arenas spends any time in jail it will be measured in days not years.

There is definitely a celebrity effect there. But you have to have some faith in the justice system. Look at Michael Vick. If you would argue that a 5 year sentence will be reduced to 5 days, that change could ONLY happen with proof or a lack thereof - which is to say that perhaps the investigation does not conclusively find that he pulled a gun on someone with the intent to threaten or coerce. But just because you're a celebrity doesn't mean you can pull a gun in someone's face and get 5 days in jail - so yes the attorneys have influence but his name will not outweigh the burden of proof.

I personally think it has less to do with being a celebrity and more to do with having a very good attorney (see Jonnie Cochran). OJ never would have gotten away with it had Cochran not been a VERY GOOD attorney. Money buys you the best attorneys around, and the good attorneys know how to play the game.

Our justice system isn't terrible, but it's not very good either.