Wesley Snipes avoiding jail time for tax crimes

OCALA, Fla., Aug. 24 (UPI) - A federal appeals court this earlier this year upheld the actor's conviction and sentence...

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OCALA, Fla., Aug. 24 (UPI) — Film star Wesley Snipes does not have to report to prison next week as directed by the U.S. Marshal’s office, a federal judge in Florida said.

U.S. District Court Judge William Terrell Hodges — sentenced Snipes in 2008 to 36 months in prison for tax-related crimes — has overruled a marshal’s order that Snipes report to the Bureau of Prisons Sept. 2 to begin serving his sentence, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel reported Tuesday.

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