August 27th, 2007: NFL star Michael Vick pleads guilty in dogfighting case. On this day in 2007, Michael Vick, a star quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons, formally pled guilty before a Richmond, Virginia, judge to a federal felony charge related to running a dogfighting ring. That December, the twenty-seven-year-old Vick, once the highest-paid player in the NFL., was sentenced to twenty-three months in federal prison. In April 2007, law-enforcement officials raided a fifteen-acre property owned by Vick in rural Virginia, and discovered dozens of pit bulls, some of them neglected, along with evidence of illegal dogfighting activities. Animal-rights organizations as well as the general public expressed outrage against Vick and the barbaric details of the case - dogs that underperformed in fights were put to death by such means as drowning, electrocution, and hanging. Vick pled guilty to one count of "conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture." In mid-2009, Vick was released from prison and signed a two-year deal with the Philadelphia Eagles. #LaptopLift
Posted on: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 08:42:36 +0000
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