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Jeff Skilling Sentenced to 24 Years (Enron CEO)
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| October 23, 2006
Posted on 10/23/2006 1:11:20 PM PDT by Lunatic Fringe
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TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: corporatescandals; dupedinvestors; enron; kenlay; skilling
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To: Lunatic Fringe
CNN.com
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role in one of the biggest corporate scandals in U.S. history, CNN confirms.
So long, Jeff... don't drop the soap!
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:12:32 PM PDT
by
Lunatic Fringe
(Say "NO" to the Trans-Texas Corridor)
To: Lunatic Fringe
To: Lunatic Fringe
I don't think he will serve his full sentence.
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:13:40 PM PDT
by
kinoxi
To: Lunatic Fringe
Wow; sounds like Ken Lay demise makes Skilling THE new Enron posterboy. He would have gotten less than 24 years if Ken Lay were around to take some of the heat. Ken's way of sticking to the guy who turned on him.
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:15:44 PM PDT
by
Swanks
To: kinoxi
Federal prisoners generally serve their full sentences. Unless Bill Clinton is president and he has only a few days left in office.
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:18:22 PM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: Swanks
I disagree. Skilling was more culpable than Lay. And Fastow, who received a short sentence, was more culpable than both combined.
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:19:25 PM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: Lunatic Fringe
The judge also ruled that he cannot be freed during his appeal.
Report to jail. Report directly to jail.
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:20:07 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Lunatic Fringe
20 years on average for a murder
24 years for financial fraud
... sounds to me like there was more than just a little bit of emotion in the sentencing.
To: Lunatic Fringe
Understood but stewart received 28 months hmmmm
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:21:48 PM PDT
by
italianquaker
(Democrats and media can't win elections at least they can win their phony polls.)
To: Lunatic Fringe
A white white collar criminal is going to serve nearly twice the time a treasonous, Islamofascist symp lawyer is going to serve? But...but...I thought corporate criminals got a free pass under the Bushitlerhalliburton Administration!
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:21:58 PM PDT
by
L.N. Smithee
(Normal people would kill to save their kids. Muslim fascists raise their kids to die killing others.)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Interesting that thirty months, ala Lynne Stewart, wasn't the sentence.
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:22:33 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(CNN CELEBRATING THE DEATH OF OUR HEROES)
To: Lunatic Fringe
Most murderers get off in less.
To: italianquaker
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:23:49 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(IF YOU MUST BURN OUR FLAG, PLEASE WRAP YOURSELF IN IT FIRST)
To: Dog Gone
Jeff meet Bubba, Bubba meet Jeff.
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:25:13 PM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: taxcontrol
Yes - the sentencing was excessive. The man committed fraud - he didn't murder anyone.
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:25:17 PM PDT
by
wideawake
("The nation which forgets its defenders will itself be forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge)
To: Lunatic Fringe; All
A white white collar criminal is going to serve nearly twice the time a treasonous, Islamofascist symp lawyer is going to serve?I meant to type "twelve" rather than "twice," but more accurately, it's like eleven times longer.
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:25:35 PM PDT
by
L.N. Smithee
(Normal people would kill to save their kids. Muslim fascists raise their kids to die killing others.)
To: Brilliant
Most murderers get off in less.Yeah, but Skilling chose to break a federal law, not a state one.
Big difference.
292 month sentence which means he's going to the big house, not Club Fed.
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:25:42 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Dog Gone
Whole heartedly agree. Guess if on average you serve 1/3 of the time and are eligible for parole. Skilling will be "on vacation" for at least 7 years at a country club.
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:26:43 PM PDT
by
K-oneTexas
(I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
To: Dog Gone
No, he got home confinement pending the recommendation of the Bureau of Prisons. My guess is that he flees the country tonight.
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posted on
10/23/2006 1:26:44 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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