Ray Rice's appeal hearing begins today in New York, nearly two months after the former Pro Bowl running back was suspended indefinitely by the NFL and released by the Baltimore Ravens.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, league security chief Jeffery Miller, Ravens President Dick Cass and Rice are among the key witnesses expected to testify in the two-day hearing. Rice's wife, Janay, might testify.

Rice was initially suspended for two games on domestic violence charges, then indefinitely suspended after a second video showed Rice knocking out his then-fiancée Janay in a casino elevator.

Rice's attorneys will argue he should not be punished twice. AP wires were used in this report