He doesn't know what his sentence will be, as he has yet to be sentenced. It's possible he just wanted to surrender without the publicity.
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He doesn't know what his sentence will be, as he has yet to be sentenced. It's possible he just wanted to surrender without the publicity.
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Originally Posted by Lady's Human
What I meant was, how can they hold him when he hasn't been legally
sentenced ? How can he start to repay the state's requirements when
the sentence hasn't been given?
Maybe he's hoping he will get a lighter sentence by starting early.
Liz,
Vick was out on bond pending sentencing.(Many, many criminals are held pending sentencing) Essentially he revoked his own bail and turned himself in.
Mickey's been saving his quarters :rolleyes: ...
(November 29, 2007)
Vick agrees to fund to care for seized dogs ...
Suspended QB set aside close to $1 million to pay for care of 54 pit bulls.
MSNBC staff and news service reports
updated 3:15 p.m. ET, Thurs., Nov. 29, 2007
Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has agreed to set aside close to $1 million to pay for the care of the 54 pit bulls seized from his dog fighting operation.
In court documents obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Billy Martin, one of Vick's attorneys, said Vick will deposit $928,073 on Friday into an escrow account controlled by Martin's Washington law firm.
The money is being set aside "to pay whatever restitution amount is ultimately ordered in this case," a court filing said, according to the Journal-Constitution.
In court papers filed last week, the government asked U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson to issue a restraining order that essentially would freeze the money to fulfill Vick's legal obligation to cover the costs of caring for the dogs and finding homes for them.
Vick faces a prison term of up to five years when he is sentenced Dec. 10 on a federal dog fighting conspiracy conviction. He voluntarily began serving his prison term on Nov. 19 in Warsaw, Va.
The pit bulls were confiscated from his Bad Newz Kennels property in Surry County.
On Tuesday, a judge scheduled for April 2 a jury trial on state dog fighting charges.
The dogfighting operation known as Bad Newz Kennels operated since 2001 on Vick's 15-acre spread in Surry County. A drug investigation of a Vick relative led authorities to the property, where they found more than 50 pit bulls and equipment commonly used in dogfighting.
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Vick sentenced to 23 months for dogfighting
Star QB tells judge he's 'willing to accept responsibility for my actions'
RICHMOND, Va. - Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison Monday for his role in a dogfighting conspiracy that involved gambling and killing pit bulls.
The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback could have been sentenced up to five years by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson. Vick, who turned himself in Nov. 19 in anticipation of his sentence, was wearing a black-and-white striped prison suit.
After Vick apologized to the court and his family, Hudson told him: “You need to apologize to the millions of young people who looked up to you.”
Federal rules governing time off for good behavior could reduce Vick’s prison stay by about three months, resulting in a summer 2009 release.
Vick was suspended without pay by the NFL and lost all his lucrative endorsement deals.
Two of Vick’s co-defendants were sentenced Nov. 30. Purnell Peace of Virginia Beach got 18 months, Quanis Phillips of Atlanta 21 months. Another co-defendant, Tony Taylor, will be sentenced Friday.
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THANKS, Judge Hudson, for setting the penalty above the minimum.
We need a few more Judges who treat dogfighting as the Serious CRIME that it is!
/s/ :) Phred
23 months works for me. I would have liked longer but this will do. :)
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Originally Posted by gemini9961
Vick still has to go through the State charges against him. He could have
another sentence on those charges. I hope he gets more time on them.
I am so glad to see the subject of dog fighting being brought out by news
groups. Hopefully, more people can realise it is a big problem that needs
more attention by law makers.
Yeah! I'm glad to see Vick is going to prison.
Did anyone see the game last night? It really bothered me that people are still wearing his jerseys and supporting him. What's wrong with them :confused: :rolleyes:
I also saw the pictures from last nights game - phooey. Can't help but wonder if Obama agrees with his newest buddy Ophra that dog fighting can be pardoned because "it's a cultural thing". How embarrassing for him.
he rolled over on vick, i'm glad vick is serving, but 2 months doesn't strike me as enough...By LARRY O'DELL, Associated Press Writer
RICHMOND, Va. - The man who provided prosecutors most of the information that led to Michael Vick's downfall was sentenced to two months in prison Friday for his role in the NFL star's dogfighting ring.
Tony Taylor of Hampton helped establish Vick's "Bad Newz Kennels" operation and joined in killing dogs but later became the government's chief informant in the case, prosecutor Michael Gill said at Taylor's 10-minute sentencing hearing.
"He was the most significant source of information in this case," Gill told U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson. "He did not hesitate in any way."
Gill said it would have taken the government significantly longer to build a case against Vick and his three co-defendants had it not been for Taylor, who provided details of more than half of the "overt acts" outlined in the indictment.
Vick, who financed the operation, was sentenced Monday to 23 months in prison for a dogfighting conspiracy Purnell Peace of Virginia Beach and Quanis Phillips of Atlanta previously were sentenced to 18 months and 21 months, respectively.
Gill asked Hudson to sentence Taylor only to probation because of his cooperation. Hudson agreed that Taylor was entitled to some leniency, but he said he did not believe such a "gross disparity" in sentencing between Taylor and the other defendants was appropriate.
"You were as much an abuser of animals as any other defendant in this case," Hudson said.
Taylor apologized for his crime.
"I realize those were inhumane and stupid decisions I did make," Taylor told the judge.
Taylor's attorney, Stephen A. Hudgins, urged Hudson to consider Taylor's good behavior since leaving the dogfighting enterprise in 2004.
"He left behind everybody involved with that and did not get back involved in that activity," Hudgins said.
All four men initially pleaded not guilty. Taylor changed his plea on July 30 and agreed to cooperate with the government in its prosecution of the others. Peace and Phillips soon changed their pleas as well, and Vick followed suit on Aug. 23.
Taylor scouted for a location for the dogfighting operation in 2001 and recommended a 15-acre tract in Surry County, in rural southeastern Virginia. Vick paid about $34,000 for the property the following year.
In a summary of facts that accompanied his plea agreement, Taylor said he maintained and trained the dogs for about three years. He admitted executing two dogs, shooting one and electrocuting the other, when they did not perform well in test fights.
Vick received a harsher sentence than Peace and Phillips after Hudson concluded that the suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback lied about his direct involvement in killing dogs and about his marijuana use, which was detected in a drug test.
Taylor said he left the operation after a falling out with Phillips and others.
I think it's wrong that he gets out early if he completes drug rehab. He should do all the time.
Vick Finishing 23-Month Term in Kansas
By KRISTEN GELINEAU | Associated Press Writer
3:51 PM CST, January 7, 2008
RICHMOND, Va. - Michael Vick left Virginia on Monday and was transferred to a Kansas prison to serve the rest of his 23-month sentence on a federal dogfighting charge. The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback is at the federal prison camp in Leavenworth, Kan., said Traci Billingsley, a spokeswoman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Vick plans to enter a drug treatment program at Leavenworth, and a successful completion of the program may allow him to be released after serving 12 months, Yahoo! Sports reported.
Billingsley said federal prison records wouldn't immediately show if an inmate was accepted into such a program.
Vick was accompanied by U.S. marshals when he left the Northern Neck Regional Jail on Monday morning, said Maj. Ted Hull of the Warsaw, Va., jail.
Messages left with Billy Martin, Vick's lead attorney, were not immediately returned.
Vick and three co-defendants raised pit bulls and trained them for fighting behind the property he owned in rural Surry County. Several dogs that did not perform well in test fights were executed.
The 27-year-old player pleaded guilty in August, admitting he bankrolled the dogfighting operation and helped kill six to eight dogs. He had been held at the Warsaw jail since he surrendered Nov. 19 in anticipation of his sentence.
Vick was suspended without pay by the NFL, lost all his lucrative endorsement deals and has additional legal woes: He and co-defendants Purnell Peace, Quanis Phillips and Tony Taylor are facing state animal cruelty charges in Surry County. Vick's trial is set for April 2.
I disagree. He has been convicted and sentenced in accordance with the law of the land. The rules for him should be the same as anyone else. If the program is available for some prisoners, it should be available for all.Quote:
I think it's wrong that he gets out early if he completes drug rehab. He should do all the time.
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Originally Posted by Lady's Human
Hello. He wasn't convicted on a drug offense. It was more serious than that.
LH, that's what I am thinking too. The offense for which he was convicted was not related to drugs, so I don't think he should be entitled to early release on an unrelated charge just for completing a drug rehab program. Which makes me wonder, too, how was he able to continue as a successful NFL player if he had a substance use problem? He's young, and I have to ask if "the bigger they are, the harder they fall" might factor in with him too.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizbud
The reason the drug rehab is available is because many crimes are related to drug use. The program has nothing to do with Vick's conviction being a drug related offense or not. The though is that if you can eliminate the drug use, you can have a more stable ex-con.
Vick has had several brushes related to drug paraphernalia, but has never tested hot by the NFL. Prior to going to prison, however, he tested positive for marijuana use.
There will be a show on Animal Planet entitled "Animal Witness - the Michael Vick Case" on Sunday evening, August 24th.
Early next month National Geographic will be presenting a similar show. I'll have exact date later.
Here's a link to the National Geographic Channel site - complete with info about DogTown. That's the show they filmed out at Best Friends with the Vicktory dogs.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/dogtown
I'm bumping up this old thread because I saw this blog entry on Chicago Now. I really don't think that Michael Vick should have a dog in his home EVER again. I think aggressive action needs to continue to stop dog fighting altogether.
http://www.chicagonow.com/sex-money/...-michael-vick/
I agree 100000% I was appalled when I heard this news. So big deal - he has paid his debt to society. Once a monster - always a monster, and I don't believe that this leopard can change his spots. What happens when he is no longer in the limelight and under scrutiny for every move he makes??? - back to his old ways??? I would like to think not, but...............:mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by cassiesmom
If anyone should be prominently placed on a Do Not Adopt list it's this creep. I thought it interesting that in the interview I saw he wouldn't tell what breed of dog they have. Knowing his history with dogs, it's beyond me why anyone would allow him to adopt a pet.
To quote a very popular T-shirt around here:
HIDE YOUR BEAGLE _ VICK'S AN EAGLE!
I read somewhere that he got the dog from a family member. I don't believe that any shelter, rescue, or breeder would ever have let him adopt/buy one of their animals. It would be my hope that morals would override a monetary profit.Quote:
Originally Posted by momcat
He said it was not a pit bull, and that his kids wanted a dog...I imagine the local AC will be keeping a pretty close eye on him.
I would not believe a word that comes out of that jerks mouth.
I wouldn't believe a word that comes out of that jerks mouth
The world is watching him, Donna, as are law enforcement people. He'd be an idiot to lie.
Abuse another dog and loss all that money again?? Something tells me that dog is going to be pretty well taken care of! God forbid he losses his million dollar contract again! :eek:
It's ONE dog. Why should his kids not have a pet because their dad had a dog-fighting ring? That's pretty much the point he made.
I guess I could say I "see" his point. Growing up without any sort of pet must suck, I wouldn't know, I always had pets. I guess my issue is, did he care about what his kids were seeing when he HAD the dog-fighting ring? Maybe he hid it well, but it doesn't matter. I'm sure they SAW him go to jail for killing dogs, right? Key word here is killing, and this is why he shouldn't have another one, regardless of what his kids want. I'm sorry, I'm not a believer in "old habits die hard". I am with some things, but abuse ain't one of them.
I am always up for givin' someone a second chance, but there's just some people who have had the opportunity to change too many times as it is. Something tells me if he hadn't gotten busted he would not have stopped the dog-fighting ring, and I think that disgusts me the most.
AMEN to all of what you said. I couldn't agree more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alysser