Hardrock69
04-06-2013, 01:14 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/wesley-snipes-leaves-pa-prison-tax-sentence-225858429.html
LEWIS RUN, Pa. (AP) — Wesley Snipes has been released from a federal prison in Pennsylvania.
Snipes was convicted in 2008 on tax charges. He was released Tuesday and placed under home confinement. A Bureau of Corrections spokeswoman said Friday he'll be overseen by the New York Community Corrections Office until July 19.
Snipes has appeared in dozens of films, from "White Men Can't Jump" and "Demolition Man" in the early 1990s to the "Blade" trilogy. He entered the McKean prison in December 2010 to begin a three-year sentence for failure to file income tax returns.
Snipes belonged to a group that challenged the government's right to collect taxes. Prosecutors say he failed to file returns for at least a decade and owed millions of dollars in back taxes.
Snipes had appealed in an Atlanta court, saying he didn't get a fair trial.
Though I personally feel it is entirely possible the 16th-Amendment was not ratified, and therefore not legal, I am not firmly convinced one way or the other, and I definitely am not stupid enough to NOT pay my taxes. Even if the 16th Amendment was not officially ratified, AND, even though it says NOWHERE IN THE FEDERAL TAX CODE that we are required to pay income tax, the IRS definitely believes you should pay your taxes, and I am not interested in the Gestapo kicking down my door because I wanted to argue about it.
LEWIS RUN, Pa. (AP) — Wesley Snipes has been released from a federal prison in Pennsylvania.
Snipes was convicted in 2008 on tax charges. He was released Tuesday and placed under home confinement. A Bureau of Corrections spokeswoman said Friday he'll be overseen by the New York Community Corrections Office until July 19.
Snipes has appeared in dozens of films, from "White Men Can't Jump" and "Demolition Man" in the early 1990s to the "Blade" trilogy. He entered the McKean prison in December 2010 to begin a three-year sentence for failure to file income tax returns.
Snipes belonged to a group that challenged the government's right to collect taxes. Prosecutors say he failed to file returns for at least a decade and owed millions of dollars in back taxes.
Snipes had appealed in an Atlanta court, saying he didn't get a fair trial.
Though I personally feel it is entirely possible the 16th-Amendment was not ratified, and therefore not legal, I am not firmly convinced one way or the other, and I definitely am not stupid enough to NOT pay my taxes. Even if the 16th Amendment was not officially ratified, AND, even though it says NOWHERE IN THE FEDERAL TAX CODE that we are required to pay income tax, the IRS definitely believes you should pay your taxes, and I am not interested in the Gestapo kicking down my door because I wanted to argue about it.