Wesley Snipes Ordered To Commence Three Year Sentence For Tax Evasion

Madeline

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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Actor Wesley Snipes was ordered Wednesday to voluntarily surrender at a federal prison in Pennsylvania next week to begin his three-year sentence for failing to pay taxes.

The 48-year-old star of the "Blade" trilogy was convicted in 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file income tax returns in 1999, 2000, and 2001. He was acquitted of five other charges, including felony tax fraud and conspiracy.

Snipes' attorneys also argued a new trial should be granted because of testimony by Kenneth Starr, a former financial adviser to celebrities, who admitted during a plea hearing last September in New York to cheating wealthy and elderly clients out of tens of millions of dollars.

Wesley Snipes: Attorneys argue Snipes deserves new trial for tax fraud charges - chicagotribune.com

Zowie. How could someone so wealthy end up like this? And is the Ken Starr in this article Clinton's enemy?
 
Shame on you Maddy, I though you knew better than to believe a lawyer if his lips are moving. Wesley Snipes was acquitted on all counts of tax fraud, and is not going to prison for that. He ended up like this because the government is using him as an example, why else would he be going to prison for the misdemeanor offense of failing to file a tax return?

Wesley Snipes acquitted of federal tax fraud - Entertainment - Celebrities - TODAYshow.com
 
If you are a multi-millionaire entertainer and delegate your business affairs to an accountant or whatnot, where's the intent?

There's doesn't need to be intent. If you unintentially break the law, you still broke the law and should be held accountable.
 
Wesley Snipes is a tax protestor?

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If you are a multi-millionaire entertainer and delegate your business affairs to an accountant or whatnot, where's the intent?

He is a well known celebrity, and a tax protester. The government does not need intent.

Wesley Snipes is a tax protestor?

Yes.

He's a moron.

He's one of these guys who believes the US government has no constitutional right to impose an income tax on American citizens. He deliberately evaded taxes. He's going to prison for some time.
 
If you are a multi-millionaire entertainer and delegate your business affairs to an accountant or whatnot, where's the intent?

He is a well known celebrity, and a tax protester. The government does not need intent.

Wesley Snipes is a tax protestor?

According to the US government he is, how do you think they swung a 3 year sentence off of failing to file tax returns? If you ever miss filing for whatever reason just remember that automatically makes you a tax protester, because no one ever accidentally fails to file a return.
 
If you are a multi-millionaire entertainer and delegate your business affairs to an accountant or whatnot, where's the intent?

There's doesn't need to be intent. If you unintentially break the law, you still broke the law and should be held accountable.

The courts generally disagree with you, which is why lawyers talk about intent a lot.

Bullshit!

The act itself provides the basis for the defendant’s guilt, though guilt must still be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. This is called general intent and intent doesn't have to be proven. It is never a defense to state that one was not aware a specific the law, hence the phrase "ignorance of the law is no excuse".
 
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Madeline, Snipes willfully refused to file his returns because he doesn't believe in the current tax system. I think he has an issue with constitutionality or something, but I'm not really sure about the whole story.

It's got nothing to do with whether or not he's rich.

He's being made an example of. Meanwhile, Rangel, Geithner, Daschle, and a whole host of others in government are guilty of the same thing as Snipes and they walk free, with one actually being in control of the nation's Treasury.

It's pathetic and speaks volumes about what this country has come to.
 
There's doesn't need to be intent. If you unintentially break the law, you still broke the law and should be held accountable.

The courts generally disagree with you, which is why lawyers talk about intent a lot.

Bullshit!

The act itself provides the basis for the defendant’s guilt, though guilt must still be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. This is called general intent and intent doesn't have to be proven. It is never a defense to state that one was not aware a specific the law, hence the phrase "ignorance of the law is no excuse".

Really? Why do we have different degrees of murder and even assault then? Could it possibly be because intent matters, despite the effort of authoritarians like yourself to find everyone guilty even if they had no intent to commit a crime?
 

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