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20 athletes sentenced to prison time

NHL Centre Mike Danton
NHL Centre Mike Danton: The former Devil and Blue served more than five years in prison until his release in September 2009 for conspiring to commit murder.
NFL RB Travis Henry
NFL RB Travis Henry: The former Pro Bowler served 29 months before his release in late 2011 for financing a cocaine trafficking operation.
NFL TE Aaron Hernandez
NFL TE Aaron Hernandez: The former Patriot was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday for the June 2013 murder of semipro football player Odin Lloyd. (REUTERS)
NFL RB Jamal Lewis
NFL RB Jamal Lewis: The former Raven and Brown spent his 2005 offseason behind bars for using his cell phone to facilitate a drug deal.
Olympic sprinter Marion Jones
Olympic sprinter Marion Jones: Jones, stripped of her medals from the 2000 Summer Olympics because of the BALCO investigation, served six months in prison for her involvement in a check fraud case.
MLB pitcher Denny McLain
MLB pitcher Denny McLain: The former Tiger had a 12-year sentence on drug, embezzlement and racketeering charges overturned after two years but later served another six-year stint on a similar conviction in 1996.
NFL RB Lawrence Phillips
NFL RB Lawrence Phillips: Already sentenced 31 years for assaulting his girlfriend and driving into teenagers with his car, the former Rams first-rounder is now under investigation for killing a cellmate.
Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius
Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius: The "Blade Runner" was convicted of homicide for the 2013 Valentine's Day death of his girlfriend and sentenced to five years in December 2014. (REUTERS)
NFL safety Darren Sharper
NFL safety Darren Sharper: The five-time Pro Bowler accepted a nine-year plea in March 2015 for charges related to drugging and raping women in multiple states. (REUTERS)

Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez was found guilty of murder in the first degree for the 2013 shooting death of Odin Lloyd and sentenced to life in prison.

Sadly this is not the first case of athletes in the spotlight committing crimes. We’ve compiled a list of some of the more notable athletes who have found themselves in trouble with the law.