Vick INDICTED!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Maybe he's hoping he will get a lighter sentence by starting early.

[Lady's Human]

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.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Mickey's been saving his quarters ...
(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.

[Cinder & Smoke]

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

[gemini9961]

23 months works for me. I would have liked longer but this will do.

[lizbud]

23 months works for me. I would have liked longer but this will do.

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.

[anna_66]

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