Prosecutors Want Actor’s Bail Revoked
June 23rd, 2008Wesley Snipes faces more government opposition in tax case

U.S. Attorney’s Office reps want actor Wesley Snipes locked up, rather than free while awaiting an appeal after his recent tax conviction. Snipes was given a three-year sentence, having been found guilty of failing to file taxes for five years. But the actor is free on bond while his lawyers prepare a new case. Judge William Terrell Hodges ruled that Snipes isn’t a flight risk and poses no danger to society “if he remains at liberty pending appeal.” But Steve Cole, a U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman, isn’t trying to hear it. “We want him in custody,” Cole says. “He’s been convicted by a jury. He has been sentenced to three years and he should be in custody.” The U.S. Attorney is seeking to have Snipes’ bail revoked.
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HEY DR HARRIS ITS BEYONG YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW, HE COMMITTED A CRIME, AND WAS FOUND GUILTY, HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE CAN SAY THEY WERE FOUND GUILTY THEN ARE ABLE TO WALK AROUND FREELY FOR A GOOD LENGTH OF TIME?
The only reason the prosecutors are coming down hard on Mr. Snipes is he committed a white collar crime.
I hope he can get a second chance for another trial for the 1st one was highly byased
Whatever! i hope he does get locked back up it isn’t fair just because he is a dam star,hell we have to pay our taxes,then he is free until his case comes up hell that can be forever,then he will have the money he already had half. Yes he can act but he needs to pay his taxes just like anyone else it hasn’t a dam thing to do with trying to keep the black man down.
ok i agree sugar melt!
I don’t think anyone should go to jail for not payign taxes. Why is it only the black celebrities that are going to jail, they have enough caladeral the government can take, that’s what they do corporations.
WITCH HUNT
Wesley Snipes did what several other Americans mostly white have done which is Believe in this tax free rules because we are U.S. citizens con that has been going around for years. I personally know several other people who have fallen for this and the IRS would instantly send a cease and desist letter letting them know that this was not a valid reason to not pay taxes with Wesley Snipes accountants being the ones who were enrolling him in this con more than likely these letters were going to the accountants. Yes I believe Wesley knew they were doing it and he should had investigated it himself but I also don’t see them locking up all these other people as well and I know one guy who has been doing this for at 8 years and has not been locked up or charges pressed against him yet just letters every year saying cease and desist and how much they feel he owes.
Well Wesley dont just hire people to manage your money, get someone else to keep you “on top of things” (travelling/acting etc. try and stay in touch with your $$). All i can say to you is “plead the 5th” right now!!!
He walking around free at the moment, my problem is that he is not the only one with back taxes and there are more that owe just as much or more and has owed the IRS for much longer period of time and still on the streets. Yes, he is black and the rest that owe the money are white so they remain free.
Funny and they say the racism is gone. This goes to show you racism is still alive.
what up trick do you think you know or own something over here hell no hold your p hold you are not my people in any form my people anytme trick you p-a trick anytime i swear do not touch mine
It is not unusual for a person that has been convicted of a nonthreatening crime to remain out of prison to put his affairs in order. So why is it so difficult for this spokesman for the U.S Attorney’s office to submit to this judges decision. Now when Mr Cole was arrested for a DUI in Tampa FL last year(march 2007), he had no problem with the law being a little lenient with him.
Don’t throw stones Mr. Cole. I believe your crime would have hurt more people than Mr. Snipes if you were not caught.
BET is a racist organization that pretends to be a voice for the black community. Really it is a forum for curious whites, Asians, Africans, and others, etc… to peek into the minds of blacks responding and venting to BET’s always racially charged illiterate articles. Unfortunately, those curious onlookers leave this site believing that the posters here represent the black community. That is far from the truth. This forum represents a lot of things but not the black community. While there are some real posts…there are many posts from people whose only purpose is to spew racial insults. Sometimes posters are using other posters names in an effort to create more drama. Sometimes posters are pretending to be a certain race to incite arguments and more drama. Some posters are just bored and want to hide behind their computers and insult black America. The black community comes in all shapes, sizes, and intellects…therefore BET could never incorporate even a real representative sample of the black community because some blacks would never stoop so low as to engage in discussion with some of the poorly written, racially biased, emotionally charged articles posted on this website and called “NEWS”.
BET is a joke!!!!!!!
Hell,i think snipes did what was right not too pay taxs what for to fund the war,for that no good president of ours.More power to you wesley!!!!!!
WOW. so cool guy,does he still hook up with those tall beauties on the tall dating site ___Tallmingle.com___ ???The last time I saw his profile is last monday, hope he does not leave.
Can you say (racist)W ille Neslson was coivited of crime charges reardig taxs . And he never sent one day in jail?
WAKE UP PEOPLE. THEY ARE LOOSIN THEY MIND. LEAVE THAT MAN ALONE.IF YOU RESEARCH YOU’LL SEE THAT TAXES ARE OPTIONAL EXCEPT IN TIME OF WAR. THE DEVILS RULE IS UP. THEY JUST TRYIN TO TAKE AS MANY WITH THEM AS THEY CAN
Take heed to Sheena post:
She spesk the truth……………
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