Sniping
Action star Wesley Snipes just got sentenced to three years in prison, plus a year of probation, in his tax case.
The jury had acquitted him of felony counts, but did convict him on three counts (out of six charged) for failure to file. This is a misdemeanor and the judge gave him the maximum--a year for each, to be served consecutively.
I don't know if this sort of sentencing is normal, but I sure hope the judge wasn't specially harsh just because Snipes and his case are so prominent.
posted by LAGuy @ 1:44 AM
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I'm thinking they gave him the sharp end of the stick here, at least compared to a guy I read about yesterday: "While living there, Mr. Josephberg — who previously ran the financial firm Josephberg Grosz & Company — was put on trial, accused of not paying his taxes for 29 years. He was sentenced to 50 months in prison."
The BBC News article on this said "But prosecutors said an example should be set because of Snipes's fame." The judge apparently agreed.
If I was a judge and the prosecutor told me to make an example of a defendant, I would tell them to shut up or I'd make an example of them.
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