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Wesley Snipes Sentenced to Three Years in Jail
Thursday April 24, 2008

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Wesley Snipes arrives at the 80th Annual Academy Awards on February 24, 2008 in Hollywood, California.
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Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in jail Thursday on charges of tax evasion.

In February, a jury in Florida had found Snipes guilty of failing to pay $2.7 million in taxes over a three-year span.

Snipes' attorneys had claimed in the Florida court that he owned only $228,000.

The Blade star was acquitted of three identical counts and two felony charges of tax fraud and conspiracy.

Three years in prison was the maximum sentence. Prosecutors had also sought a $5 million fine.

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