Suspended NFL QB Vick out of federal prison

[Betallsports]

Suspended NFL QB Vick out of federal prison

Star out of Leavenworth, will serve rest of sentence in home confinement


RICHMOND, Va. - An attorney for Michael Vick says the suspended NFL star has left a Kansas prison and is on his way back to Virginia to meet the next challenges he’ll face.
Larry Woodward, a member of Vick’s legal team, says Vick left the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth overnight. Woodward says Vick is happy to be starting this part of the process. He’s due to return to Virginia later this week to begin serving the final two months of his sentence under home confinement at a home he owns in Hampton.
Vick had been serving a 23-month sentence for financing a dogfighting ring.

The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback is expected to be released from federal custody July 20, and hopes to persuade NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to reinstate him.
Vick, once the NFL's highest-paid player, will be allowed to leave his house to work a $10-an-hour job as a laborer for a construction company and for other limited purposes approved by his probation officer. He will be handed a new set of rules when he begins serving three years of probation after his expected July 20 release from federal custody.
The transfer from the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., will allow Vick to begin rebuilding his life, repairing his image and working toward his goal of reinstatement to the NFL.

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

I have a hard time thinking that his punishment fit the crime...but I hope he can pursue whatever he wants, he did his time...

I love animals as much as anyone here, but there are criminals out on the street that have done worse without punishment...Vick was definitely made an example of by the justice system...

 

[Biggamer3]

Are any of the rumors about Vick being an honorary judge at the Westminster Dog Show true?

 

[SportSavant]

Huge Huge animal lover here, have two dogs.

I beleive he should have spent longer in jail.

THAT BEING SAID.

VICK totally got a raw deal here, nobody else would have spent so long in jail if they were not Michael Vick.

The problem is not that Vick's sentence was too long however, it is that most people get much too short of a sentence for this type of crime.

 

[Biggamer3]

I think the guy who was caught with a phone and got 60 years tacked on got worse deal ten vick, just my 2 cents

 

[SportSavant]

I think the guy who was caught with a phone and got 60 years tacked on got worse deal ten vick, just my 2 cents

TRUE,

that other black kid who got 10 years for a Blow Job also got a worse deal, Im sure we can find TONS of examples of those who got off worse.

frankly, there are alot of things that can make you go hmmmmmm when it comes to Justice Sytems.

 

[SportSavant]

from ABC news:


Humane Society Teams Up With Michael Vick
AP Newsbreak: Humane Society, suspended NFL star Michael Vick to work together
By HANK KURZ
The Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va.



The Humane Society of the United States says Michael Vick wants to work with the group on a program aimed at eradicating dogfighting among urban teens.

Society president Wayne Pacelle tells The Associated Press that he met with Vick at the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kan., and that the meeting came after Vick's legal team approached the animal-rights group.

Vick was convicted of financing a dogfighting ring and participating in the executions of poorly performing pit bulls and has spent the past 19 months in federal prison. He's due to be released to home confinement this week.


Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Copyright © 2009 ABC News Internet Ventures

 

[Biggamer3]

from ABC news:


Humane Society Teams Up With Michael Vick
AP Newsbreak: Humane Society, suspended NFL star Michael Vick to work together
By HANK KURZ
The Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va.



The Humane Society of the United States says Michael Vick wants to work with the group on a program aimed at eradicating dogfighting among urban teens.

Society president Wayne Pacelle tells The Associated Press that he met with Vick at the federal prison in Leavenworth, Kan., and that the meeting came after Vick's legal team approached the animal-rights group.

Vick was convicted of financing a dogfighting ring and participating in the executions of poorly performing pit bulls and has spent the past 19 months in federal prison. He's due to be released to home confinement this week.


Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Copyright © 2009 ABC News Internet Ventures

yeah thats what urban teens are doing when they are cutting class.

Fuck the drugs, prostituting and guns, lets focus on some teens who have dogfightshno:

 

[kidman232]

my friends dad was actually one of his supervisors at Leavenworth prison.

 

[Biggamer3]

my friends dad was actually one of his supervisors at Leavenworth prison.

Which dog is favored to win the Manhattan Open?

 

[kidman232]

say what

 

[Biggamer3]

makin a joke bud about if u got some inside scoops into the good dogs

 

[hosnatcher]

America just has a problem with black people doing black people shit. White people love horse races and stay very active in that "sport" which is just as cruel as dog fighting if not worse but yet society gives it a pass.

Both activities are cruel to animals and they should both be either legal or illegal. For every dog lover in this country there is also a person who loves horses in the same manner.

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Most people regard horse racing as a harmless sport in which the animals are willing participants who thoroughly enjoy the thrill. The truth is that, behind the scenes, lies a story of immense suffering.
Approximately 18,000 foals are born into the closely-related British and Irish racing industries each year, yet only around 40% go on to become racers. Those horses who do not make the grade may be slaughtered for meat or repeatedly change hands in a downward spiral of neglect. Of those horses who do go on to race, around 400 are raced to death every year.
The survivors are denied their freedom and pushed to their limits to serve the financial interests of trainers, owners and bookies. Because they are bred for speed, not strength, many sustain limb and other injuries and are shot.

• Read our horse racing industry overview, Running for their Lives

Our ongoing research into equine fatalities revealed that over 400 horses are raced to death every year and thousands of commercial ‘failures’ are disposed of.

• Visit Race Horse DeathWatch, our web database tracking on-course race horse deaths

It is also common for horses to develop serious racing-related illnesses such as bleeding lungs and gastric ulcers. Whilst performing, they are whipped in an attempt to spur them on, which is painful and makes them fearful and distracted. In fact, the more a horse is whipped, the less likely he or she is to win the race.

• Watch our film on the use of the whip in horse racing
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Our investigations have revealed other horrors behind the scenes. The top breeding stallions are over-worked and kept isolated for years from other horses. Breeding females are subjected to an endless cycle of pregnancy that often involves the use of drugs and other artificial interventions.
Every year, horses are injured and killed in the Grand National - a deliberately hazardous race in which most horses do not even finish. Animal Aid designates the week leading up to this cruel event Horse Racing Awareness Week, staging nationwide demonstrations.

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http://www.animalaid.org.uk/h/n/CAMPAIGNS/horse/ALL/604/

 

[PokerBookie]

I wonder what team would pick him up if he did get a reinstatement in the NFL?

As far as my thoughts on what Vic did, he got caught doing a crime and he did his time. They should let the guy be now he paid his debt.

 

[CarolinaKid]

I only hope the nfl will wait for his skills to go downhill before they let him back in the nfl.should have receive more time imo.Just hope the nfl black-ball this loser.....ck

 

[Mr_Mark]

TRUE,

that other black kid who got 10 years for a Blow Job also got a worse deal, Im sure we can find TONS of examples of those who got off worse.

frankly, there are alot of things that can make you go hmmmmmm when it comes to Justice Sytems.

very true

 

[texansfan]

The examples cited here were prosecuted at the state level. Vick was prosecuted at the Federal level. There are plenty of factors that go into deciding punishments, too many to list here.

Imo, Vick has served his time and should be allowed to get on with his life.

 

[Boxer22]

The examples cited here were prosecuted at the state level. Vick was prosecuted at the Federal level. There are plenty of factors that go into deciding punishments, too many to list here.

Imo, Vick has served his time and should be allowed to get on with his life.

I totally agree. I like animals but Vick did the time that was given to him and that's all he can do. If I was a team who didn't have much depth at the QB position there is no doubt I would pick up Vick.

 

[Thomas]

Was Micheal Vick treated unfairly, that's quite a question and everyone will have a different opinion, of that there's no doubt. When you consider what he lost in the big picture well he has definitely paid the "big" price but that's what you get when for being maybe one of the stupidest persons to ever live, that alone makes his sentence seem fair to me. It's tough to overlook the arrogance of this paticulair crime given what the guy had and could have had, all he had to do was live a normal millionaire life and he and many generations to come would have been set forever.

Personally being an animal lover I have zero sympathy for the guy zero and I wish him nothing but bad things, that's just my opinion. I read here and elsewhere that he did his time and should be left alone now to persue his life, to me that's bullshit. People who commit dispicable crimes whether it be against people or animals deserve no remorse from the general public, it's part of a lifetime sentence, a disgrace that you carry forever not undifferent from rapists, murders and diddlers, fvck em all. The ones who have done their "time" and deserve a second chance are not these type of people, c'mon.


The very fact that people are even considering him playing again is ludicrous imo, can't a country with over 400 million people find someone to play qb aside from this guy and don't tell me he's a great athlete blah blah because I don't give a shit, he had it all and I mean all and he does not deserve a secon chance, get up and go to work at 7 am like most of the rest of us, who would just die to have been in his situation, and work for a living you big dummy.

This is all I have to say on this subject and it's just my opinion but sadly this peice of shit will have another chance to make millions of dollars and that in it's self is sad indeed

 

[texansfan]

Now we're comparing animal cruelty to rapists and murderers? I love animals and all but I put human life above that of an animal.

Vick isn't Ted Bundy, or John Wayne Gacy. Of course his crimes were despicable, and I have no problem with him getting the time he did. I could also care less if any NFL team gave him a second chance. I'm just saying that if he completes his sentence then he should have the chance to do what he wants in life.