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"Wesley Snipes will be required to start his three-year prison sentence later this week, it has been reported. According to TMZ, the Blade actor has had a request to start serving his tax evasion penalty on January 6, 2011 denied. Instead, the star will be required to surrender to the authorities on December 9 as originally dictated. The website reports that Snipes had claimed that he did not want to be taken into custody during the holiday period as he had &amp;quot;four minor children&amp;quot;. However, the judge who reviewed the request stated that Snipes had remained free for two and a half years after he was originally sentenced, and had &amp;quot;all of that time to place his affairs in order&amp;quot;. The judge reportedly added: &amp;quot;The sooner he begins his sentence, the sooner it will end.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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