Wesley Snipes Sentenced

[aseepish]

Wesley Snipes has just been sentenced to three years for three counts of "willfully failing to file a tax return". It was the maximum sentence the judge could have handed down, it seems they wanted to make an example of him.

Snipes gets the max -- 3 years -- in tax case - CNN.com
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Snipes imprisoned for three years

[Britt]

I'm not at all surprised that they threw the book at him. I'm sure they did want to make an example of him; income tax protesters are an exasperating pain in the ass for the federal government and I'm sure they feel that prosecuting and imprisoning a celebrity is a high-profile object lesson.

[Hardball]

I hope someone smuggles a blade to him in prison cause he's going to need it.