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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Rice's fiancee refused to press charges. Heck, she went ahead and married him. Can the police do anything if the person assaulted refuses to cooperate? And in the US I don't believe you can compel a spouse to present evidence.
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I don't believe this is true across the board in the US (I think it's in a minority of jurisdictions). Typically it's the D.A.'s discretion to press charges after discussing the incident with the victim. I can only assume an unwilling victim means a lesser likelihood of full charges. In this case, Rice's fiancee was unwilling and Rice had to take some sort of program in order to have the charges dropped. As for compelling the spouse to present evidence - the video kind of makes that moot.
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
With the Ravens cutting him, he no longer has a contract. Teams can cut players for any reason they want.
Now the NFL is simply preventing him from getting a new contract.
I'm not sure how Rice could sue - getting cut is always a risk, and since being cut he no longer had any more contractually obligated income.
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Teams can cut players for nearly any reason, but I'll be interested to see if the NFLPA or Rice tries pushing back. Rice is 1/2 way through the punishment that was levied by the NFL. Increasing the punishment after the fact is a slippery slope for the NFLPA. Could this be the start of the NFL going back and punishing players for the same infraction after a punishment (fine, suspension) has already been determined?