Vick Begged the Judge for a Second Chance

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I think the letter was pathetic and embarrassing. I would have had more respect if he had taken his punishment like a man. But writing the judge a note on notebook paper like he was passing loveletters to his junior high school sweetheart seems a little weak and unmanly to me.

He starts off by begging for pity because he didn’t know any better, having “growed up all black and everything” in Newport News. People fought dogs in Newport News, he claimed. Uh huh. I grew up there too. Dog fighting was not the popular sport on the block.

He also goes on to talk about all the good things he has done with his money like buying a church for his pastor, giving out turkeys on Thanksgiving and toys at Christmas and wants to work with PETA about animal cruelty. And how his three bastard children born out of wedlock are going to wonder where Pops is at this Christmas.