PA Bill Number: SB1144
Title: In sentencing, providing for sentencing for certain aggravated cruelty to animal offenses.
Description: In sentencing, providing for sentencing for certain aggravated cruelty to animal offenses. ...
Last Action: Referred to Judiciary
Last Action Date: Jan 20, 2026
News From the Dark Side: Split Wide and Disarmed :: 06/16/2011
NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress just finished twenty months in prison for carrying a firearm. New York prosecutors said that the gun was unlicensed. The Constitution begs to differ.
One might think that this injustice would spark the former Steeler and Giant to lay down $1,000 for a National Rifle Association lifetime membership. Instead, after losing the bulk of a $35 million contract, endorsement deals, and nearly two years of his life behind bars, Burress, perversely, has joined forces with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
