Showing posts with label Headed to Prison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Headed to Prison. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Wesley Snipes Loses Appeal, Headed to Prison


A court rejected the actor’s appeal of a conviction on tax evasion charges, meaning Snipes is headed to jail to serve a three-year sentence. Snipes was convicted in 2008 of failing to pay the government some $12 million in taxes due between 1999 and 2001. However, Snipes found his sentence “unreasonable” and appealed to a federal judge to have it reduced. ---...More