Action star Wesley Snipes faces sentencingAuthor: GMANews.TV
Column: Entertainment OCALA, Fla. - Action star Wesley Snipes will learn his punishment Thursday for three misdemeanor tax convictions. A jury found Snipes guilty in February of willfully failing to file taxes for three years, in which the government said he owed $2.7 million. Snipes was acquitted of three identical counts and two felony charges of tax fraud and conspiracy. Still, prosecutors are pressing the judge for the maximum sentence of three years in prison. They say Snipes is a "notorious" offender who dogged the IRS for years and should be made an example of. Snipes' attorneys say he deserves only probation for the misdemeanors, and on Wednesday submitted three dozen letters from friends attesting to his character. Those coming to Snipes' aid included actors Denzel Washington and Woody Harrelson. - AP Source: GMANews | 
