Had the prosecutors said, “Snipes is a weasel and deserves the maximum prison term, period,” I would have had no comment. It was because they made the appeal to extraneous “opportunity” as well that there was any issue here.

I don’t recall the prosecutors in the Hovind case asking for extra punishment based on the “celebrity” factor. As far as the news reports gave it, all they referred to was the egregious nature of the Hovinds’ efforts to evade taxes.

Jo Hovind who is Kent’s wife, she was also found guilty (by the same jury who convicted her husband) for not reporting bank record records 45 times. She had to pay an 8,000 fine, spend a year in prison, and then 3 more years on probation.

Westley Snipes fights for 10 years to avoid paying his taxes, and finally when the gig is up, and he was about to be sentenced, he finally writes out a check for 5 million to pay for his taxes that he owed. Such arrogance. He deserved what he got.