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Word has come down from Richmond, Virg.: Michael Vick has been sentenced to 23 months in prison. Prosecutors had recommended 12-18 months in jail, but Judge Henry Hudson went above that. Considerably.
ESPN's George Smith reports that Vick's also getting three years probation. Vick was in his prison jumpsuit, which should be fun to draw.
But yeah: Vick's getting 23 months, more than his co-defendants, and it's likely that won't have much time shaved off. (And he can't appeal.) That puts him back in the NFL (yeah, right) perhaps for the 2010 season. He'll be out of prison in October 2009. That's, uh, a pretty long time.
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Fine by me. Enjoy yourself, asshat.
Good thing he knows how to scramble.
Be like Mike + wear 23 = good
Be like Mike + get 23 = bad
Does this jeopardize his chances of starting tonight on MNF? If so, someone should alert the scheduling folks at tWWL, because this has the chance to be an ugly game. Imagine if Chris Redman was actually in line to start on MNF...
My dog thinks he got off light.
@Sarcastro:
Agreed.
Too bad it didn't include 23 dogs biting the shit out of him.
Damn Henry Hudson and damn his river and parkway.
ESPN the Courtroom Artist?
The judge will reduce his sentence for good behavior and winning the 2007 SHOTY
anyone got ESPN featured comment predictions on this one?
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Applying the "Jamal Lewis Algorithm", that means he will be a serviceable NFL starter by...carry the seven...
November 2017.
Will this hurt or help his 2007 SHOTY chances ?
@Rob Iracane: And cornhole Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan and his zee.
@Rob Iracane:
There's also an NAACP boycott of Hudson Bay.
Wow, he's really giving 110% to nail down the SHOTY. Gotta admire a guy that gets himself incarcerated an extra 5 months in the name of polishing up his resume.
Those dogs shouldn't have been in the way of his electrocuting devices.
That's almost 14 Dog Years.
@Afino: My dog would probably kiss him. She's far too nice.
So now is this 23 months in a low-security, white-collar resort, or 23 months in a federal, pound-me-in-the-ass prison?
@procras: Michael Vick is going to jail for hurting doggies. Go Cubs! -- shortstack482391
@Botswana Meat Commission FC: Can you tell me which bus goes to Jones Beach?
Oh.
So has anyone answered the question why Vick is in jail but Lenord Little is still playing?
@Rob Iracane: My secret to Holiday time commuting? Canoe.
2010 season? I can think of a few teams that are on pace to have a spot available for him while it's still 2009.
23 months = what in dog years?
@Monday Morning Punter:
+1.
"Virg.?" Not after 23 months in prison.
/AP stylebook nerd
If anything he should have been sentenced to a longer sentence for the crimes that he committed. I like dogs. Go dogs!
/vicksux90
Well, I guess all those who were spouting the "he'll get off easy because he's FAMOUS" line can put 23 months in their pipes and smoke it.
@Sarcastro: Dogs are so forgiving. It's almost like they're stupid.
Thunder Dan looks forward to his company on Cellblock C and has bought a new tub of grape jelly.
Should've been you, dudes who only get 17 months for trying to fuck 14 year olds.
That's actually less than I thought he'd get. When I heard the initial co-defendants that cooperated first got above the prosecutors' recommendation, I knew the judge was fire and brimstone. My personal over/under was actually closer to 28 months.
@Dan Daoust: Belichick could turn him into a model citizen/long snapper.
@Hustler of Culture: Daily. Well, not really daily but anytime Vick is back in the headlines.
A late round steal in next year's keeper league draft!
Virg. > VA
@Rob Iracane: Henry Hill would have taken care of this quite differently.
@Hustler of Culture: Nope, but maybe someone should examine that. Maybe Ray Lewis can offer some insight?
Michael Vick came to Shawshank Prison in early 2008 for murdering his dogs and the legs they were bangin'...
Who are you gonna wager on Red?
I have that tall guy with the cornrows. Who wants to bet? A full pack of milkbones? you are on then.
@Hustler of Culture: Leonard Little didn't take bets on if he'd hit the lady on the way home.
@Hustler of Culture:
Obviously he has a disease. Duh.
@Quintanarama: Thanks for the lead to my comment. Perfect timing.
@Hustler of Culture:
No puppies were harmed in the drunk driving incident? Maybe if he had run over a ferret on the way to killing the woman...
@StuScott Booyahs: How dare you? My dog is a genius. She knows to poop and pee outside and that kibble is tasty. (Though she does, on occasion, eat other animals' fecal matter as well.)
And when he gets out of jail, he'll be in shape. And rested.
Well, in shape, at least.
@ghostsoftheSCupcountry: What is Dan Majerle in jail for?
@procras: "Micheal Vick's future just looks terrible right now. His lawyer needs to go. Go Knicks!" - Levis107
I still think Vick's punishment should have been having to star in the next Air Bud movie.
"ESPN's Chris Mortensen has learned..."
@ghostsoftheSCupcountry: Ray Lewis is laughing hysterically at this development.
@Quintanarama: Beyonce Knowles & The Shawshank Redemption" For his sake lets hope that Jeff Garcia and the Sisters don't get to him.