Unless he tries the Ken Lay way to avoid jail time...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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I don't think he will serve his full sentence.
The judge also ruled that he cannot be freed during his appeal.
Report to jail. Report directly to jail.
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!
Interesting that thirty months, ala Lynne Stewart, wasn't the sentence.
Most murderers get off in less.
He could always get the sentance vacated by appealing and then dropping dead.
I heard he was thinking of offing himself. He might've been better off, since he'll die in prison now.
Unless he tries the Ken Lay way to avoid jail time...I didn't see any monetary fine for his role in this sham. Was that released previously?
Am I the only one on this forum that is suspicious about this sentence being delivered two weeks before a major election? Who is the judge?
Wow and just think if only he had aided an abetted a terrorist he would have got 24 months... Jeez this country really has its priorities straight.
Bu ELF terrorists who torched part of the University of Washington are only facing 3-7 years.
Key support broken below $65 in Mar 2001. Critical support broken below $40 in Sept 2001. The majority of employees were still above breakeven if they had sold at $40. But they didn't.
Many seem to think the sentence is harsh based on the fact that some murderers end up spending less time behind bars.
I'm not really sure what one is supposed to do with the other. However, there are many instances of murder which need not necessarily translate into a life sentence or death. What about when a man catches his wife cheating and kills the boyfriend in an act of passion? Should that guy get life in prison or death? Or what about vehicular homicide that was an accident? What about when you are waken up in the middle of night by a prowler and shoot them, only to find out later that it was a drunken neighbor who wandered in the wrong house?
Of course, in cases of cold-blooded, pre-meditated murder, especally that of innocent people, the murderer should get a death sentence or life in prison without parole. But there are many lesser murders that do not warrant such a sentence.
In the case of the Enron fraud, some high level executives, in a pre-meditated manner, falsified company records to hurt other people financially in order to benefit themselves at their expense. They are greedy, ruthless bastards. These are not nice people and they do not deserve our sympathy. They are criminals just like those who rob banks and knock over liquor stores. Lock them up and throw away the key.
"27 months! Oh the humanity!"
There is no parole in the federal system. He will do almost 87% of the full sentence. His sentence length precludes him from serving in a minimum-security facility; no club fed for him. He has only three chances for a sentence reduction. One is to win his appeal. Two is if he provides 'substantial assistance' to the government, then the feds can file a 'Rule 35b' requesting a downward departure from his original sentence. Third is a presidential pardon. He will most definitely be surrounded by violent criminals. Although he will not be sentenced to a supermax or probably not even a penitentiary, he will be confined in a medium-security facility filled with gang members serving 20 or 30 years. It is those medium-security places where the gangsters make a name for themselves. In maximum-security, you have already earned the respect of the other convicts, unless you are a pedophile, terrorist, or ex-law enforcement. I've been where he is going, and the next time he posts to Free Republic, he should have eight digits after his name (like me). I hope he uses his time to get straight with the man.
Chronicle article here - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1724512/posts