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PETA: Vick raised awareness of dogfighting
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Now that Michael Vick has agreed to plead guilty to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges, animal advocates are hoping the NFL and others ...

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NFL´s Vick Agrees Plea Deal In Dog-Fighting Case

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick agreed on Monday to plead guilty in a dog-fighting case.

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick agreed on Monday to plead guilty in a dog-fighting case that threatens to wreck the career of one of U.S. football's most dynamic stars.

A strong-armed quarterback and breakaway runner, the 27-year-old Vick is accused of helping to run an interstate dog-fighting enterprise known as "Bad Newz Kennels" from 2001 through April 2007.

Dogfighting, in which two dogs bred to fight are placed in a pit to attack each other for spectators' entertainment and gambling, is illegal in the United States.

Prosecutors charged that dogs sometimes fought to the death and some losing or underperforming dogs had been shot, drowned, hanged, electrocuted or killed by being slammed to the ground.

Vick had initially denied direct involvement in pit bull fights that an indictment said took place on his property in Virginia. He accepted the deal after associates agreed to cooperate with prosecutors under their own plea deals.

"Mr. Vick will be entering a plea of guilty next Monday at 10:30," U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson told a group of some 20 reporters at the federal courthouse in Richmond.

Michael Vick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMichael Dwayne Vick was born to Brenda Vick (16) and Michael Boddie (17) on June 26, 1980, in Newport News, Virginia, and was the second of four children. ...
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"No details of the plea agreement are publicly available at this time," added Hudson, who did not answer questions. Vick was not present, and the judge said the player would appear at the courthouse for the hearing next week.

Vick, one of the NFL's highest-paid players, could go to jail. Without a deal, the quarterback was likely to face a new indictment with more charges, legal sources had said.

Vick, the top pick in the 2001 NFL draft out of Virginia Tech, faced up to six years in prison and $350,000 in fines if convicted on all of the initial charges.

He was indicted by a federal grand jury on July 17. The NFL, its season due to start next month, barred the three-time Pro Bowl selection from training camp after the indictment.

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In a statement issued on Monday, Vick's lead attorney, Billy Martin, said "Mr. Vick has agreed to enter a plea of guilty to those charges and to accept full responsibility for his actions and the mistakes he has made.

"Michael wishes to apologize again to everyone who has been hurt by this matter."

The NFL on Monday condemned Vick's conduct as outlined in the charges and said it was conducting its own review. The league has the right to add a further suspension beyond any jail time Vick may have to serve.

Purnell Peace, 35, and Quanis Phillips, 28, pleaded guilty last week before Judge Hudson to one count involving the dog-fighting ring, which prosecutors say was run from Vick's property in Virginia.

The judge set sentencing for the two men on Nov. 30.

The only other defendant, Tony Taylor, 34, pleaded guilty late last month and also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in the case against Vick.

Vick, a rare talent who threw for 20 touchdowns and ran for more than 1,000 yards last season for the Falcons, lost major endorsements following his indictment. Nike suspended the release of a new Michael Vick shoe that had been set to hit stores this month and Reebok stopped selling his jerseys.

He has been heavily criticized in the media and by animal rights groups.

"We totally condemn the conduct outlined in the charges, which is inconsistent with what Michael Vick previously told both our office and the Falcons. We will conclude our own review under the league's personal conduct policy as soon as possible," the NFL said in a statement.

"In the meantime, we have asked the Falcons to continue to refrain from taking action pending a decision by the (NFL)commissioner."

Published: August 20, 2007 21:06

ESPN - Source: Vick a 'heavyweight' in dogfighting - NFL

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From dog devouring to dog fighting: When Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was indicted on charges related to dog fighting, oh man did I have an angry vegan moment: If this self-important, pampered star athlete were to be found guilty, I wanted him locked in a cage with a few dozen of the pit bulls he tortured and, welllet nature take its course. In retrospect, there might be a silver lining amid all this brutality and arrogance. Shining a light on the secretiveyet not small by any meansdog fighting community could be a small first step in creating the kind of popular groundswell needed to end this barbaric sport [sic] and Im not just talking about the NFL.

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Facing South was one of the first media outlets to cover the case of the Jena 6 -- black youths in rural Louisiana who are facing up to 22 years in prison (thanks to an all-white jury) after getting in a schoolyard fight with white students.

This week, ColorOfChange gives us an update on the status of the case and their national campaign:

Last Tuesday, over 300 people from across the country descended on Jena: we rallied in front of the courthouse, marched through downtown Jena, and cut through a line of sheriffs to hand-deliver petitions from more than 43,000 ColorOfChange.org members to the District Attorney's office.
The lives of six young black men are being ruined by Jim Crow justice in Jena, Louisiana.

The District Attorney has refused to protect the rights of Jena's Black population and has turned the police and courts into instruments of intimidation and oppression.JENA, La. -- Two civil rights leaders urged Jena residents to demand equal justice, and one called for an investigation of the district attorney who is prosecuting six black teenagers charged with serious crimes in the beating of a white classmate.The Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton both said Sunday they would join thousands of people expected in Jena on Sept. 20 to protest the teens' treatment. That is the day that one of the six, Mychal Bell, is to be sentenced on an aggravated second-degree battery conviction. Bell faces up to 15 years in prison.News results for 'Jena 6' Case

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Democracy Now! | Judge Reduces Charges in Jena 6 Case But Refuses ...

This is an interview by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! with the Parents of the young boys who had a school fight over the right to sit under the 'white tree' in 2006. They are now being prosecuted one by one for attempted aggravated murder in Jena, Louisiana, USA.

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La. beating case stirs racial anger - USATODAY.comThe case of the Jena 6 has launched "a modern-day civil rights movement," Brown says. Tired of the attention. Blacks are overrepresented in the criminal ...
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CNN.com - Anderson Cooper 360° BlogFights of any kind are unfortunate but this DA has taken the Jena 6 case WAY to far. That town needs to get into the 21st century and deal with the fact ...
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In a town that's 85 percent white, with a white mayor, sheriff, district attorney and trial judge, the parents of the black students who were arrested say their sons will never get a fair trial here. In conversations, they sometimes sound more exhausted than angry.

One question: If justice is blind, does that mean color blind too?

By Susan Roesgen, CNN Correspondent

Posted By CNN: 5:51 PM ET
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Susan

When I first heard this story, the picture that flahed through my mind was the town I grew up in. The town with the "Negroes" who lived at one side and the whites who occupied the rest. The separation was an imaginary line, for the streets did no stop.

If a "Negro" came into the white side of town for whatever reason you could literally see the fear in his eyes. It was always a he, never a she. For the whites the same rule applied.

My Grandfather lived in La., and worked for the railroad. He never mistreated anyone, never talked down to anyone. If his crew had to eat outside, or drink from an old pump, he did the same.

His boss carried a big, thick stick because he was afraid one or more of hid "Negroes" would kill him. He had reason to be fearful.I wasn't afraid of the "Negroes", but I was definitely afraid of Mr. Day.

If you think this was back in the early part of the century, you would be wrong.

I thought we had come farther. Guess not.

Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

Maggie

Posted By Maggie, GVMO : 6:23 PM ET

Hi Susan,

It is unclear to me what Bell's past criminal record is. Two things stand out to me: that Bell was tried as an adult at age 17 and that in this trial his shoes were sought out as a weapon, because if you can't prove evidence of a weapon, then it would be a mis-trial. THis case was definitely handled the wrong way.

As far as the mayor and the residents of the small Louisiana town goes, their self-censored silence seems to tell a tale of its own.

Posted By Ratna, New York, NY : 6:39 PM ET

In many places in the South justice is color blind now - some places linger though in the "old ways" and the old attitudes. The lawyer for the young man should have asked for a change in venue to give his client a more solid shot at a fair trial.

Without knowing if a past record exists its hard to have an opinion any further. But if he didn't have a record, then without being seen as an attacker, and no other evidence to point to him as an attacker, the term railroaded comes to mind.

Posted By Annie Kate, Birmingham AL : 9:08 PM ET

NPR : Charge Reduced in Jena 6 CaseA Louisiana judge has reduced the possible sentence for Mychal Bell, one of six black teens accused of beating a white classmate in Jena, La.
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Charge reduced in 'Jena 6' case -- chicagotribune.comThe district attorney prosecuting a racially charged beating case in the small Louisiana town of Jena abruptly reduced attempted-murder charges Monday ...
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Jena 6 « Friends of JusticeThe case hits home because I work closely with the Jena 6 (as my kids face look just like theirs. .... I pray that justice is served in the Jena 6 case. ...
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