Free Martha !...or not! ***Live Thread*** on Martha's fate (Five Months)

News channels ^ | July 16, 2004

[TomGuy]

Free Martha!!!!!....or Not!

Court decision any moment.

[myrabach]

That's not likely to happen... its a federal pen and she will have the status... please

[Howlin]

Vinnie says that she's trying to make herself the hero of the "victims" who lost jobs about this............lol.

[krunkygirl]

Democrats, especially the wealthy elite like Martha, NEVER do anything wrong in their opinion. Martha, describing her CRIME(!), "...it was just a small matter..."

[jimbo123]

What would happen to you if you lied to FBI agents during an insider trading investigation?

[TomGuy]

Sentencing deferred, pending appeal and SC decision this fall about legality of guidelines.

[Could be another bad mistake. Martha turned down a plea bargain that would have been a small fine and probation. By delaying, if the SC says guidelines are illegal, the Judge might up her time after Martha's mouth today.]

[spectre]

Even Court TV recognizes that Martha Stwart is NOT one bit sorry for what she did. They are shocked and really slamming Martha for her lack of grace.

sw

[Nita Nupress]

Would someone tell Fox they're going a bit overboard with the helicopter-cam? Puh-lease.

[myrabach]

If I understand correctly, what she was convited of is lying. She was not convited of insider trading, am I correct?

[traumer]

Five months in jail for Stewart !!!!!!!!

[babaloo]

Martha's little diatribe was not a good move.

[eleni121]

"A small personal matter" - this is how shameless arrogant Stewart describes her insider stock manipulation greed.

Sleazy Martha gets off easy, but at least the DOJ went after her. In fact, this administration has gone after more big crony capitalists than any other administration since TR. One after the other they are putting them away.

The mood was "anything goes" during the lawless Clinton 90's and clamping down on these robbbers is welcome and overdue.

[jimbo123]

She was convicted of lying to FBI agents and obstruction of justice. It's against the law to lie to FBI agents and obstruct justice (unless you are a Clintonite, it seems.)

[Guenevere]

#125..What you said....ditto!

I'm sick & tired of her ilk....they are arrogant beyond measure!

[TomGuy]

hahaha.

I was just thinking the same thing. Geezzz, are they going to follow the SuV all the way to Bedford?

Of course, FoxNews does like moving vehicles.

[7.62 x 51mm]

Typical reaction of the presstitutes and liberal-demokkkRATs, to trivialize their crimes. They did it for 8 horrid years with the criminal Klintoons and now it's becoming de rigeur.

[spectre]

I still don't know when she has to show up? I guess she is so special she can pick her own date?

sw

[krunkygirl]

Hear! Hear!

[Solson]

Again you got it wrong. I have no problem with the jury, the findings or the sentence in this case. If a murderer 'goes free' it is because of a difficult investigation, poor prosecution or bad jury. However, we still seek to ENFORCE the law.

In the case of insider trading, most of the time we don't even seek to enforce the law. Heck, in the case of a sitting President obstructing justice and lying to investigators, we found a million ways to let them walk free. In fact, in the large majority of perjury cases, no penalty is offered.

Stewart was targeted because of her name and her position.

[TomGuy]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Martha Stewart, who built a catering company into a media empire, was sentenced on Friday to five months in prison for lying about a suspicious stock sale.

Stewart, 62, who has stepped down as an officer and board member of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, was found guilty in March of conspiracy, making false statements and obstruction of agency proceedings.

The judge also sentenced Stewart to two years of supervised release and ordered her to pay a fine of $30,000.

The case against Stewart stemmed from her suspicious sale of stock in biotech company ImClone Systems Inc. on Dec. 27, 2001.

Prosecutors said the sale occurred after her stockbroker Peter Bacanovic ordered an assistant to tip Stewart that ImClone founder Sam Waksal was dumping all his ImClone shares, knowing federal regulators were about to give a thumbs down to the company's anti-cancer drug.

While there were no criminal charges accusing Stewart and Bacanovic of insider trading, prosecutors said they conspired to cover up the secret tip. Bacanovic is to be sentenced later on Friday.

[PaulJ]

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