Letters to a Judge

April 24th, 2008 by Mike

Wesley Snipes is facing sentencing today after being convicted of several tax misdemeanors. He had some of his friends submit letters to the court asking for leniency and attesting to his good character. Among the letter writers were Denzel Washington, Woody Harellson, Judge Joe Brown, a Shaolin monk, and Snipes’ personal driver and personal stand-in (who presumably doesn’t have to stand in his stead in this instance).

But the winner by a mile is the letter submitted by Bokeem Woodbine which is actually handwritten on college ruled paper ripped from a spiral notebook (to his credit he did use both sides of the sheet). What on earth was Bokeem doing that he couldn’t find the time to compose his thoughts on a computer? Hell, an email to the judge would carry more weight.


Bokeem

“Oh shit! They Got Wesley? This is an injustice! I need to express myself to the judge! No… no time to log on. You know how slow Windows Vista is. I’ll just (*rip*) take a few of these sheets and put pen to paper….”

The letters can be found here (pdf). If you just want to see Bokeem’s letter, and who could blame you, it is the very last letter in the document.

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3 Responses to “Letters to a Judge”

  1. clay Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 10:22 am

    hahahaha

  2. douglas Says:
    April 28th, 2008 at 5:32 am

    we all remember Bokeem as playing the guy in The Big Hit opposite Marky Mark and a (looking for a comeback) menacing Lou Diamond Phillips, a highly credible role as the hitman who couldn’t stop jerking off.

    … okay, maybe when i said “we all” i just meant myself.

  3. Mike Says:
    April 29th, 2008 at 12:23 pm

    The Big Hit is precisely what I think about when I think of Bokeem… I can’t think of anything else he has been in, save that show that comes on after The Closer on TNT that I sometimes watch if I fail to turn the T.V. off before it starts.

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