Newsmaker - Snipes Gets 3 Years for Failing to File Taxes

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OCALA, Fla. - Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison on tax charges Thursday, a victory for prosecutors who sought to make an example of the action star by aggressively pursuing the maximum penalty.

Snipes' lawyers had spent much of the day in court offering dozens of letters from family members, friends - even fellow actors Woody Harrelson and Denzel Washington - attesting to the good character of the "Blade" star and asking for leniency. They argued he should get only probation because his three convictions were all misdemeanors and the actor had no previous criminal record.

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Newsmaker - Snipes Gets 3 Years for Failing to File Taxes

But U.S. Dist. Judge William Terrell Hodges said Snipes ex...

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