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Vick Sprung From Prison

Final 2 months of sentence will be home confinement

By the Associated Press

Posted May 20, 2009 9:03 AM CDT
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(AP) – Michael Vick has left a Kansas prison and is on his way back to Virginia, where he'll be confined to his home for 2 months, one of the suspended NFL star's lawyers says. Vick left the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth overnight, ostensibly for a home he owns in Hampton. The former Atlanta Falcons quarterback, serving a 23-month sentence for financing a dogfighting ring, is expected to be released from federal custody July 20.

In this July 26, 2007, file photo, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick leaves the federal courthouse in Richmond, Va., following his arraignment.
In this July 26, 2007, file photo, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick leaves the federal courthouse in Richmond, Va., following his arraignment.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
In this May 14, 2002 file photo, a soldier walks past the Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Michael Vick will serve the last two months of his sentence at home.
In this May 14, 2002 file photo, a soldier walks past the Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Michael Vick will serve the last two months of his sentence at home.   (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
This Aug. 27, 2007 file photo shows Michael Vick, who reportedly has left a Kansas prison to begin home confinement in Virginia Wednesday, May 20, 2009.
This Aug. 27, 2007 file photo shows Michael Vick, who reportedly has left a Kansas prison to begin home confinement in Virginia Wednesday, May 20, 2009.   (Gerald Herbert)
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Robert_Dada
May 21, 2009 12:09 PM CDT
The chinese govt is also one of the worst human rights offenders. What's your point concerning their diet?
Robert_Dada
May 21, 2009 12:08 PM CDT
The horrific things you mention do not diminish the vile cruelty of this person and it has nothing to do with his race. The sheer fact is that he would still be practicing this barbarism today had he not been caught. He hasn't been out long enough to truly redeem himself. I hope he does but I have my doubts.
Forderon
May 20, 2009 6:35 AM CDT
One thing I learned from all of this is: never mess with white people and their precious dogs. They are just as vicious as the people who kill the dogs. Michael Vick probably has a 0% approval rating among white Americans. This from a country that won't blink an eye when actual HUMANS are raped and killed on an hourly basis. This from a country that condones the mass torture and slaughter of millions of animals per day. This from the country that pretends to have a moral compass about forgiveness and other Christian BS ideals. This from a country that's all about second chances. Vick has lost just about everything he had and done everything that was asked of him; he deserves a chance to redeem himself. They were just freakin dogs after all--Chinese people eat them for dinner, why don't you guys go bother them.

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