Freedom for Dogfighting Ex-NFL Star Vick
Former Falcons Quarterback Finishes 20 Months in Federal Custody
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In this May 21, 2009, file photo, suspended NFL quarterback Michael Vick, right, steps out onto the deck with a federal agent while testing out his electronic monitor worn on his ankle in Hampton, Va. (AP)
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Timeline Vick Dogfighting Case Star NFL quarterback Michael Vick in hot water over dogfighting operation.
After 20 months in federal custody for running a dogfighting operation, Michael Vick is gaining the freedom that will allow him to step up his efforts to resume his once-lucrative NFL career.
The federal Bureau of Prisons lists Vick's release date as Monday, which means the suspended NFL star can shed the electronic monitor he's been wearing on home confinement in Hampton for the last two months.
Vick's attorney confirmed that he was released from custody Monday.
The next big development for Vick will be a face-to-face meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, who has said he will review the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback's status after he completes his sentence. Goodell has said he will sit down with Vick, but it's unclear when that meeting will take place. Also uncertain is where Vick might play if he is reinstated. The Falcons released him in June.
"Michael did an egregious thing," Goodell told The Associated Press in April. "He has paid a very significant price for that."
He said people are forgiving when someone who has done wrong shows remorse and is prepared to live a different life.
"That's something he has to prove to myself and the general public," Goodell said.
Vick, 29, did not initially show enough remorse to satisfy U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson. Vick apologized in court in 2007, but Hudson denied him an "acceptance of responsibility" credit that could have reduced his sentence. He sentenced Vick to 23 months in prison - more than any of Vick's three co-defendants.
Under the federal truth-in-sentencing law, Vick had to serve at least 85 percent of his sentence. He served the first 18 months in the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas before being transferred to home confinement in May.
While on home confinement, Vick - once the NFL's highest-paid player - worked a $10-an-hour construction job for a few weeks. He switched jobs last month, assisting in children's health and fitness programs at the Boys and Girls Clubs.
Vick will remain on probation for three years. He also is under a three-year suspended sentence for a state dogfighting conviction.
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See all 43 CommentsDo you have a shaved head and wear a brown shirt?? Did you march on Skokie??? Just kidding. I do know the difference between zionist Jews and PDO Jews. I frankly don't have a problem with either group.
And, I like my description of the missus. Face it, there a are sooooooo many ways to described the madame.
BTW-don't think the posters are putting animal lives over humans. I think many of us are just plain disgusted with what these spoiled, pampered guys get away with. They are not held up to the same standards the rest of us slobs are.
Gotta admit, you do have a great sense of black humor, sort of macarbe.
Gotta go to work and spread the wealth for the messiah.
As for me being a ms chang ki clinton supporter-WRONG!!! So, you know what they say about assuming and you seem to fit the bill.
BTW-evidently your hero here was running a dog fighting ring that went over state lines, as well as betting tons of money. So, along with shooting, torturing and electrocuting dogs who didn't perform for them he has "issues".
So, just why do you hate Jews anyway??
He only had American money!
He served his time, lost his money, what more do you want. Despite his personality he is, or was a great athlete. I want to see if he can still play, and at this point nobody has a right to deny him the chance to make millions again. Who knows, maybe he did some soul searching and will try and do good with his fame and fortune moving forward.
- I'd like to wipe that smug smile off his face, that's all.
Probably a few of the dogs he electrocuted to death - I'll bet they found it a bit creepy.
Oh sheesh, don't you recognize sarcasm when you see it? I was trying to point out how stupid your comment about police having the freedom kill people without consequences was - a pretty stupid remark if I do say so myself . . . and I do.
It's about Vic's treatment of dogs. Whether Vic is black or white is 100% meaningless. So please keep to the topic.
He should have the same freedom he offered to those puppies he murdered.
"Michael remains suspended by the NFL," Dimitroff said. "However, in the event NFL commissioner Roger Goodell decides to reinstate Michael, we feel his best opportunity to re-engage his football career would be at another club."
sorry-not even close; he was in a foo foo prison and then allowed to come home to his estate to serve the remainder of his sentence because the half way houses were "full". He has had nothing but special treatment since he was caught after running that horrendous dog fighting ring for FIVE years.. His debt has yet to be paid.
The morals of this country have gone down the crapper!
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