Mr. Stiller
10-09-2007, 05:59 PM
JOSEPH SUSPENDED
The Cincinnati Bengals have announced that cornerback Johnathan Joseph has been suspended for one game and fined for an additional game check due to an arrest for marijuana possession.
Joseph entered a diversionary program, which apparently counts as a guilty plea in the eyes of the league.
Arrests for the violation of drug laws are no longer reviewed under the Personal Conduct Policy; instead, such matters fall within the purview of the substance abuse policy.
Under the substance abuse policy, Joseph also will automatically forfeit 1/17th of his 2007 signing bonus proration. He was the Bengals' first-round draft pick in 2006.
He'll miss Sunday's game against the Chiefs
POSTED 4:30 p.m. EDT, October 9, 2007
HENRY FACING PROBATION VIOLATION
Bengals receiver Chris Henry faces in Florida an allegation that he violated the terms of one of his various probations, according to Mark Curnutte of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The reason for the alleged violation is unclear. Typically, the legal standard in proceedings of this nature is not proof of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, but whether the evidence points more likely than not to the fact that the defendant engaged in the behavior.
Also, the decision as to whether there was a violation of probation usually is made by the judge, not by a jury.
Henry is serving two years probation for a weapons charge. At the time he was arrested, he was wearing his Bengals jersey.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Henry for eight games due to a history of off-field misconduct. Though the probation violation, if proven, is not a new crime, it might constitute enough of a "run-in" with law enforcement to result in further punishment, up to and including a lifetime banishment.
The Cincinnati Bengals have announced that cornerback Johnathan Joseph has been suspended for one game and fined for an additional game check due to an arrest for marijuana possession.
Joseph entered a diversionary program, which apparently counts as a guilty plea in the eyes of the league.
Arrests for the violation of drug laws are no longer reviewed under the Personal Conduct Policy; instead, such matters fall within the purview of the substance abuse policy.
Under the substance abuse policy, Joseph also will automatically forfeit 1/17th of his 2007 signing bonus proration. He was the Bengals' first-round draft pick in 2006.
He'll miss Sunday's game against the Chiefs
POSTED 4:30 p.m. EDT, October 9, 2007
HENRY FACING PROBATION VIOLATION
Bengals receiver Chris Henry faces in Florida an allegation that he violated the terms of one of his various probations, according to Mark Curnutte of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The reason for the alleged violation is unclear. Typically, the legal standard in proceedings of this nature is not proof of guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, but whether the evidence points more likely than not to the fact that the defendant engaged in the behavior.
Also, the decision as to whether there was a violation of probation usually is made by the judge, not by a jury.
Henry is serving two years probation for a weapons charge. At the time he was arrested, he was wearing his Bengals jersey.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Henry for eight games due to a history of off-field misconduct. Though the probation violation, if proven, is not a new crime, it might constitute enough of a "run-in" with law enforcement to result in further punishment, up to and including a lifetime banishment.