Richard Hatch, the Survivor winner who was convicted of tax evasion, won’t be leaving the Morgantown, West Virginia Federal Correctional Institution anytime soon. The US Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal today.
Mr. Hatch had charged that the trial court didn’t allow him to ask certain questions on cross-examination. The Appeals Court had ruled, “Here, the district court’s limitations on cross-examination in this nine-day trial were thoughtful and far from being excessive.”
And that’s it. There are no more immunity challenges left, no more places to appeal. Mr. Hatch will have to serve out the remaining twelve months of his sentence. In the end the 300 million witnesses were correct.
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