Avary Sentenced To Year In Jail

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Wed, 09/30/2009 - 6:03am

Film News: Writer pleaded guilty to traffic crash charge -- Scripter Roger Avary, who won an Oscar for "Pulp Fiction," has been sentenced to a year in jail for causing a fatal traffic crash in Southern California.

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