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Vick Sentenced to 23 Months

By McNabb Associates

Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison Monday for running a "cruel and inhumane" dogfighting ring and lying about it. The suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback could have been sentenced up to five years by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson.[1]One of Vick's federal criminal defense attorneys, Lawrence Woodward, asked for leniency. He said Vick "grew up on some of probably the meanest and roughest streets in this commonwealth," but had never been in trouble with the law and had done much for charities. Vick was denied any credit for taking responsibility for his crime, and Judge Hudson agreed with a federal probation officer's finding that Vick had lied about his hands-on killing of dogs and about his drug use; Vick tested positive for marijuana Sept...continue to full post

Full post as published by Federal Crimes Blog on December 18, 2007 (boomark / email).