Evacuation Warnings in China

It is possible that more than one million people might have to evacuate dozens of villages in a Sichuan province if the lake bursts and floods the area due to the recent earthquake. The lake has a wall of debris that is clogging a river. On Saturday, officials will start a three-day drill that will test the government communications systems to make sure that residents in the valley can hear future evacuation orders.

So far, it is estimated that 68,858 people were killed in the earthquake and there are 18,618 people that are missing. The earthquake left 5 million people homeless and many people were separated from their families.

Wesley Snipes Sentenced to Prison

The actor Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday for not filing income taxes that he claimed he never had to pay. He gave the federal government three checks for $5 million that was delivered while in court. Prosecutors didn’t want to accept the checks at first but by the end of the day they did. After that he was still sentenced to three years in prison to made an example out of to warn other people what could happen if they don’t file their taxes.

Actor Wesley Snipes Faces Sentencing For Tax Crime

The actor Wesley Snipes is soon going to find out what his punishment is for three misdemeanor tax convictions. A jury found him guilty this past February of willfully not filing taxes for three years. The government states that he owes $2.7 million in taxes. Snipes has already been acquitted of three identical counts and two felony charges of tax fraud and conspiracy.

The prosecutors are seeking the maximum sentence of three years in prison. They feel that Snipes should be made an example of to warn other people who don’t pay their taxes as they should. The attorneys for Snipes feel that he deserves only probation for the misdemeanors.