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Actor Wesley Snipes' Sentenced to Three Years
Associated Press
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Updated: Wesley Snipes' has been sentenced to three years in federal prison.
Wesley Snipes' sentencing hearing had been under way for hours on Thursday. His attorneys had argued in a central Florida court for a limited sentence.
The actor was found guilty in February of failing to file taxes for three years. The government said he owed $2.7 million. The federal charges could bring him fines and prison time.
But Snipes' attorneys said in court that his tax liability was only $228,000.
Even if the judge buys their argument, sentencing enhancements put Snipes within range of the three-year prison term prosecutors want.
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