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New York Giants WR Plaxico Burress has a pre-trial hearing set for Tuesday morning in Manhattan criminal court.

In November, Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg at Latin Quarter, a Manhattan nightclub. Burress is facing two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a loaded and unlicensed weapon. If found guilty, the minimum sentence is 3 1/2 years.

At the time, NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg said that Burress should be prosecuted "to the fullest extent of the law."

"Our children are getting killed with guns in the streets. Our police officers are getting killed with guns in the hands of criminals, and because of that, we got the State Legislature to pass a law that if you carry a loaded handgun, you get automatically 3½ years in the slammer," Bloomberg told reporters. "I don't think that anybody should be exempt from that, and I think it would be an outrage if we didn't prosecute to the fullest extent of the law, particularly people who live in the public domain, make their living because of their visibility. They are the role models for our kids."

Per ESPN.com, Burress' attorney, Benjamin Brafman, is trying to work out a plea agreement.

"People should reserve judgment on Mr. Burress until all the facts are in this case are in," Brafman said at the time.

If Brafman gets the charges reduced to third-degree possession, Plaxico would avoid the minimum sentence of 3 1/2 years. According to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, roughly 80 percent of people convicted of third-degree possession spend time in jail.

If Burress doesn't serve any time (or serves much less than 3 1/2 years), it reinforces the public's opinion that there are two sets of rules in society.