ercu ry orris:' I
ank God I Came
o Prison'
By Barry Cooper
Former iarni Dolphins
gr t ercury Morris, ho once
r n hard through NFL defenses
nd then did hard drug , is now
doing hard time in a Florida
pri on.
Three year ago, orris a
ntenced to 15 years for
cocaine trafficking and quickly
hi orId collap e around
him. 0 he ha a glimmer of
hope: The Florid Supreme
Court has ordered that he be
granted a ne trial, and pecula
tion i heavy that pro ecutor in
Florid m y elect not to try the
ca again or th t orri ould
in if tried again.
For no
ait. In
intervie
de crib the kind of per on they
mo t c rtainly hould not
become.
An eloquent speaker, Morri
convinced the Florida pri on
ystem to allow him to travel
about the tate and peak to
youth groups about the dangers
of drugs. Among his favorite
ying is, "One econd of
in anity can land you in jail for
life."
The kid tare t him trai ht
in the eye. They ee Mercury
Morris, former big- time foot
ball tar, about to be handcuffed
again and placed in th back of a
quad car.
If orris i convicted again
he will h ve to erve the balance
of hi 15-year entence -- 12
more years. Florida la requires
th t cocaine trafficker erve
their entire entence.
How did orris, 39, get into
uch am?
"You take that fir t hit [of
cocain 1 nd the la t hit might
come four or five day later,"
orri told Logan. "When it'
one, you tart look in for
more. You have no idea of the
p ycholo ical bonda e required
for you to tay in th t tate of
mind. You can t love to get hi h
and love any thin el .
"I 11 bet you nythin th t
ich I Ray Rich rd n (ban-
n d rec ntly by th BA for
dru bu e) taped the indo
hen he w freeb ing.
i h ttime as the time to party.
D ytime a th ymbol of re
p n ibility. You ant to tay in
the d rk."
Morri c n only hop that
on he ill ee dayli ht ain.
ace benetit Museum
a t
Michigan
ride
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APRIL 27 - MAY 3,19
THE CITIZEN
o is every
o
y'
ill
By Berry Cooper
0, Auburn Univer ity run
ning back Bo Jackson cannot
leap buildings in single bound
- unless of course, you give
him a running start. Then he
can rna e like E el Knivel,
clearing the opposition with
graceful we meness. The
Tampa Bay Buccaneers - the
lowliest tearn in the FL
are slobbering so much over
Jack n's immense talents
that they are prepared t draft
him with the o. 1 pick in the
draft ev n though they may
hav to engage in a bidding
war with major league baseball.
There are some who think
Jack on could have a Hall of
F arne baseball career a some
tearn's sIu ing outfielder. H
ha tremendous power and great
sp ed. But the Bu s ne d him
in a fo tball uniform. Ja k n
and James ilder in the sam
ba kfield? Whew. ot even
the Bucs could mess that up.
Or could th y? .
t any rate ther i a chan
n uld b
the Bucs. The Cowboys would
be willing to part with two
starters as well as a first-r und
pic . ayb the Cowb ys
should wait. On e the SFL
ollap s, they will ha e Her-
hel Walker whom they draft d
on the fifth round last year.
Bo J ck on, Tony Dor tt and
Her hel Walker on the same
team? Double whew.
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