OCALA, Florida (Reuters) – A “very sorry” Wesley Snipes, star of the “Blade” movies, was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday for willfully failing to file U.S. income tax returns for 1999 through 2001.

Snipes was convicted in February on three misdemeanor counts. U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges handed down the maximum sentence and said he felt it was important to create a general deterrent against tax defiance.

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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:30:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Edwin
Subject: Wesley Snipes jailed for 3 years