* March 2003 - According to a 2007 federal indictment, after a female dog owned by Vick's kennel lost to a North Carolina dog, co-defendant Purnell Peace consults with Vick about the pit bull's condition, then "execute(s) the losing dog by wetting the dog down with water and electrocuting the animal."
* April 2007 - According to the indictment, Vick and two co-defendants execute about eight dogs "by various methods, including hanging, drowning, and slamming at least one dog's body to the ground."
* April 2007 - Authorities raid Vick's compound and find 54 pit bulls, some with fighting scars and injuries, and a "rape stand" for strapping down female dogs too aggressive to submit to males for breeding.
* August 2007 - In a deal with federal prosecutors, Vick pleads guilty to a single count of conspiracy. Vick admits he agreed to the killing of six to eight dogs through the "collective efforts" of himself and his co-conspirators. He does not admit to participating in the killing.
At the sentencing hearing, a prosecutor says Vick admitted that he and a co-defendant had hanged two dogs. Afterward Vick publicly apologizes for his "immature acts" and says "dogfighting is a terrible thing."
* September 2007 - A grand jury indicts Vick and three co-defendants on state dogfighting charges. He tests positive for marijuana at his arraignment.
* November 2007 - Vick sells his dogfighting compound and home on the Virginia property to a developer for $450,000.
* December 2007 - Vick is sentenced to 23 months in prison on the federal conspiracy charge. He later pleads guilty to a state charge and gets a three-year suspended sentence.
* May 2009 - Vick is released from Leavenworth, Kan., prison.
