[Rodney King]

Looks like some of you are so enthusiastic about crucifying Ms. Stewart that I am going to have to keep making this same point over and over again: How in God's name do you charge someone with lying about stock dumping when you are not sure that she was stock dumping in the first place? Ever hear the term "innocent until proven guilty?"

Easy. They were investingating a possbile crime, and rather than cooperate with them she lied to them and conspired with others to deceive them. Are you saying that is ok if no charge is ever brought on the underlying crime? You know what would happen in every single civil case on the planet if that was ok? Everyone who got a subpoena would destroy all the files and say "hey, you can't prove the underlying charge, so we are going to move that the case be dismissed."

[antaresequity]

She is also being charged with (securities fraud)publicly denying the the charges (ostensibly misleading investors)...

If you can't see whats wrong with that picture I would be surprised.

[presidio9]

Easy. They were investingating a possbile crime, and rather than cooperate with them she lied to them and conspired with others to deceive them.

OK Perry Mason, how exactly can you "prove" that I lied when I said I was innocent of insider treading when you can't prove I am guilty of insider trading?