Editing Allen Iverson (section)

===Incarceration===
On February 14, 1993, Iverson and several of his friends were involved in an altercation with several other patrons at a [[bowling alley]] in [[Hampton, Virginia]].<ref name="still playing">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypress.com/sports/allen-iverson/dp-spt-legal-arrest-20110119,0,6234087.story|title=Feb. 24, 1993: Iverson still for Bethel playing despite his arrest|author1=Teel, David|author2=Chernicky, David|work=Daily Press|place=Newport News, Virginia|publisher=Tribune Media|access-date=August 31, 2013|date=February 24, 1993|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032247/http://www.dailypress.com/sports/allen-iverson/dp-spt-legal-arrest-20110119,0,6234087.story|url-status=dead}}</ref> Allegedly, Iverson's crowd was raucous and had to be asked to quiet down several times, and eventually a shouting duel began with another group of youths. Shortly after that a fight erupted, pitting the white crowd against the black crowd. During the fight Iverson allegedly struck a woman in the head with a chair. He and three of his friends, who were also black, were the only people arrested. Iverson, who was 17 at the time, was convicted as an adult of the [[felony]] charge of maiming by mob, a rarely used Virginia statute that was designed to combat [[Lynching in the United States|lynching]].<ref name="espn"/> A videotape surfaced of the incident that shows Iverson leaving shortly after the fighting began. Of the incident, Iverson said: "For me to be in a bowling alley where everybody in the whole place know who I am and be crackin' people upside the head with chairs and think nothin' gonna happen? That's crazy! And what kind of a man would I be to hit a girl in the head with a damn chair? I rather have 'em say I hit a man with a chair, not no damn woman."<ref name="espn">{{cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=Iverson_Allen |title=Iverson Answers the Call |first=Mike |last=Sielski |work=[[ESPN.com]] |date=March 4, 2007 |access-date=December 22, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724210859/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=Iverson_Allen |archive-date=July 24, 2010 }}</ref>

Iverson was sentenced to 15 years in prison with 10 years [[Suspended sentence|suspended]]. After he spent four months at Newport News City Farm, a [[correctional facility]] in [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News]], he was granted [[clemency]] by [[Virginia Governor]] [[Douglas Wilder]], and the [[Virginia Court of Appeals]] eventually overturned the [[conviction]] in 1995 for insufficient evidence.<ref name="espn"/> This incident and its impact on the community is explored in the documentary film ''[[No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson]]''. Iverson's high school basketball coach stated: "They wanted to make an example out of Iverson." James Elleson, Iverson's lawyer, said: "Only defendants not given [[Bail bond|bond]] are [[capital murder]]ers." [[Tom Brokaw]] and the public played a huge role in the release of Iverson. There were rallies and marches for all four black men who were incarcerated, and Brokaw did a special interview with Iverson from the jail. In this special, Iverson was very apologetic and somber. Brokaw even said: "I thought the sentence was surprisingly harsh."<ref name="Iverson {{!}} Netflix"/>

Of his time in prison, Iverson said: "I had to use the whole jail situation as something positive. Going to jail, someone sees something weak in you, they'll exploit it. I never showed any weakness. I just kept going strong until I came out."<ref name="espn"/> The prison sentence forced him to complete his senior year of high school at [[Richard Milburn High School]], a school for at-risk students, instead of competing in sports at Bethel.<ref name="espn"/> However, the three years Iverson spent at Bethel were enough to convince [[Georgetown University]] head coach [[John Thompson (basketball)|John Thompson]] to come out and meet Iverson, and offer him a full scholarship to join the [[Georgetown Hoyas basketball]] team.<ref name="espn"/>