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Post by WVUfanPHILLY on Aug 20, 2007 13:32:02 GMT -5
It just came across the scroll on ESPN at 2:30pm. They've reached a deal. Details coming soon I'm sure.
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Post by WVUfanPHILLY on Aug 20, 2007 14:00:31 GMT -5
Lawyer: Vick to plead guilty to dogfighting charges
Lawyer: Vick to plead guilty to dogfighting charges
By LARRY O'DELL, Associated Press Writer
August 20, 2007
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- Michael Vick's lawyer said Monday the NFL star will plead guilty to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges, putting the Atlanta Falcons quarterback's career in jeopardy and leaving him subject to a possible prison term.
The offense is punishable by up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, although federal sentencing guidelines most likely would call for less.
"After consulting with his family over the weekend, Michael Vick asked that I announce today that he has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors regarding the charges pending against him," lead defense attorney Billy Martin said in a statement.
"Mr. Vick has agreed to enter a plea of guilty to those charges and to accept full responsibility for his actions and the mistakes he has made. Michael wishes to apologize again to everyone who has been hurt by this matter."
Vick's plea hearing will be Aug. 27, Martin said.
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Post by WVUfanPHILLY on Aug 20, 2007 14:03:05 GMT -5
Sources Say Feds Offering Deal
CNN
Posted: 2007-08-20 14:22:33
Filed Under: NFL
Federal prosecutors have offered a plea deal recommending an 18- to 36-month prison sentence for suspended NFL quarterback Michael Vick for his alleged role in a dogfighting operation, but Vick's attorneys are trying to reduce that to less than a year, two sources told CNN on Monday
Vick's attorneys hope to hear back from National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell's office sometime Monday about Vick's career options before entering into any deal with federal prosecutors, the sources said.
Vick's three codefendants in the dogfighting case have accepted agreements to plead guilty in exchange for reduced sentences.
If Vick doesn't accept a deal, he could face additional charges in the case on Monday, when a grand jury convenes in Richmond, Virginia.
The NFL is considering what, if any, sanctions they should impose on the 27-year-old suspended Atlanta Falcons player.
Court documents released last week showed that two of Vick's alleged partners said he helped kill dogs that didn't fight well, and that all three men "executed approximately eight dogs" in ways that included hanging and drowning.
The dogs were killed because they fared poorly in "testing" sessions in April at Vick's property in Virginia where the dogfighting venture was based, according to documents released following plea agreement hearings Friday for Purnell Peace, 35, of Virginia Beach, and Quanis Phillips, 28, of Atlanta.
A third man, Tony Taylor, 34, of Hampton, Virginia, already had his plea deal approved.
In the court documents, Peace and Phillips said that the money behind the Bad Newz Kennels dogfighting operation came "almost exclusively" from Vick, and they told prosecutors that other accusations in the 18-page indictment are true.
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Post by wvumaryjane on Aug 20, 2007 18:46:46 GMT -5
You know.. He got off too easy..
I hope there is a way that the NFL can legally not give that man one more DIME.
I can barely tolerate watching boxing.. but at least boxers have a choice and chose to fight and usually don't lose their life in a fight..
Cock fighting and dog fighting.. those Dogs or foul never had a choice.. they were raised to kill or be killed.
There must have been some extremely lofty evidence against Vick or he wouldn't have pled guilty to the lesser charges.
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