So you're saying that the THOUSANDS of others who do so don't know...Captains of Industry and POLITICIANS? Terry McCauliffe and Hillary Clinton? They didn't know? OK, she got caught and she's going to do her time. But the whipping this woman is taking is Un-American. And it doesn't become Free Republic because it boils down to class envy, plain and simple.
My prior post was not a comment on the merits of the law or whether Martha has been treated differently from anyone else. If a criminal law is in effect, however, I do believe that those who violate it should be prosecuted justly, whether Martha Stewart, politician or business executive. As licensed (or formerly licensed) stockbrokers, Stewart and Bacanovic hardly can be termed ignorant of securities law and the consequences - including a possible prison term - of breaking it.