As expected former New York Giants wide receiver has been indicted by a grand jury on weapon charges after he shot himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub.

Burress’ lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, tends to believe his client isn’t getting a fair trial.

“When you have the mayor and the district attorney both publicly demanding a maximum prison sentence, it was perhaps too much to hope for the grand jury to conduct a sympathetic review of the unique facts of this sad case,” Brafman said in a statement.

Burress’ former teammate Antonio Pierce was not indicted on any charges and the NFL does not plan on suspending him.

“Antonio is a leader on this team, but he is still human, and this has been an emotionally draining experience for him,” Giants GM Jerry Reese said. “We know he was happy to get to training camp [Sunday], and with this behind him, he can focus all his energy and efforts on football. He took this matter very seriously.”

If convicted Plaxico faces a minimum prison sentence of 3½ years. Which doesn’t really make much sense considering Donte Stallworth ran over and killed a pedestrian and only served 30 days.

Let that be a lesson to all of you little kids out there. It’s better to kill a man, than to shoot yourself in the thigh.