Mychal Kendricks has been sentenced to one day in prison, three years of probation, and 300 hours of community service for his involvement in insider trading (Twitter link via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com). This concludes a lengthy process which began all the way back in 2018. 
In June of 2018, Kendricks joined the Browns on a one-year, $2.25MM deal, which seemed like a solid value pickup. What we didn’t know at the time was that Kendricks was involved in a federal investigation for insider trading. The Browns were aware of the situation, but they say they weren’t clued in on all of the details.
The linebacker never played a down for Cleveland, but he soon found a home with the Seahawks, playing in 18 games between 2018 and 2019. In ’19, he notched three sacks and eight tackles for loss. Towards the end of last year, Washington plucked him off of Pete Carroll‘s taxi squad, using him in a December game and in the team’s lone playoff contest.
With the possibility of serious prison time behind him, Kendricks could be on the verge of finding his next NFL home. Given his age (31 in September) and injury history, we expect him to fetch a low-cost, one-year deal with little in the way of guarantees.
Thank god rich folks can still buy their way out of crime!
Jail needs to be reserved for violent or repeat offenders. This dude has never been in trouble. So he tried to rip off big shooters on Wall Street. Who cares. I think the punishment is reasonable. I wound imagine that 3 years of probation sucks pretty bad and gets to be a major inconvenience
Say that to a judge without his wallet. You’d be behind bars.
Jail and prison are often used interchangeably, but they’re not the same thing. Prisons are reserved for violent offenders, as you’re saying. Jail is designed for shorter sentences, such as the one handed out for this crime.
I believe it possibly may be worded wrong in the article, too. A one day sentence wouldn’t be served in a prison unless there is something with insider trading that is different?
While I tend to think this is the right punishment for Kendricks, I totally disagree with you about prison being reserved only for violent or repeat offenders. Hundreds of bankers were sent to prison during the savings and loan scandal of the 1980’s, and hundreds more SHOULD have been prosecuted and jailed during and after the Great Recession of 2008 and 2009. Wiping out pension funds and pushing fraudulent loans on people that result in hundreds of thousands losing their homes effects a lot more people than one murderer or a repeat burglar.
Damn Martha Stewart needs a better lawyer. This guy got a day! And props to kendricks for getting popped for the white collar crime we need more guys getting hit for insider trading and securities fraud and less for domestic violence
Martha Stewart’s story is a bit different than this one because she lied to investigators, so they hit her with obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI. Kendricks just had the insider trading. Plus, he plead guilty (and surely worked out a deal) whereas Stewart went the trial route.
You just shredded this guys Martha Stewart joke.
Was it a joke? My apologies. I assumed it wasn’t because there’s a lot of misinformation that typically surrounds the Martha Stewart case. My bad.
It appears to be a misinformed joke.
See, stars really are just like us. Thank God justice was served…
(I shouldn’t have to say this, but this statement is dripping with sarcasm)
What are you talking about? The man has to serve a whole day in jail! I hear those cells get rather cold at night and the meals are only a bit above satisfactory.
What’s the point of one day in jail? It wouldn’t serve as a deterrent to future crime and just seems like a waste of tax dollars for no legitimate purpose.
Relax….A hundred bucks says he will get out of that ‘harsh’ sentence
The judge overheard his lawyer promise he’d never serve a day in jail.
“Oh, really?” *chuckle*
Principle of getting jail time for a crime. Odds are he will never serve that day or he’ll show up and get released right away.
really rush people get away with everything . it’s a bunch of bs.
Dont see the point of one day in jail but the probation and community service seems to be about right with a guilty plea and a first time offender. Already paid back the money, turned himself in, didn’t lie about it, cooperating with investigators and cut ties with the brokerage firm. Now if he would of went the non guilty route definitely would of spent time in prison.
If you’re an elected official, you can get away with insider trading. Should have waited until he retired, ran for local office and then started committing common folk crimes.
politicians and government officials do this all the time…Pelosi for 1…multiple times her and her husband buy stocks at the right time and make millions…Nothin ever happens to them?!! so I think his punishment is cruel and unusual
One day in jail? Seriously? Way to show him, judge!