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Making an example of Plaxico Burress

By Scoop Jackson
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

There are things your mother says that you let go in one ear and instantly out the other. Then there are things she says that you should carry with you throughout life, because one day you will desperately need them. Take this one: "Never put yourself in a position to be used as an example." Now that the grand jury indictment has come down on Plaxico Burress, we all are about to witness a lesson in what happens when one doesn't heed that advice. From the judge and jury who will hear the possi ...

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