[taxcontrol]

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.

[wideawake]

Yes - the sentencing was excessive. The man committed fraud - he didn't murder anyone.

[Alberta's Child]

A friend of mine who was very astute about these things once pointed out that the Federal government will pursue perpetrators of financial crimes with an intensity that they don't have when it comes to any other crimes -- even murder.

[Diddle E. Squat]

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.

Or a sentence reflecting a logical accounting of the (literally) thousands of persons who lost most of their savings as a result of Enron's illegalities.

Perhaps murderers should spend more time in jail, instead of watering down the penalty for committing a host of illegalities and frauds.

[Prost1]

Murders should get death.

And people who destroy the life savings of millions of hard working people deserve death as well.

I would shoot the B**t$$d!

And the Dot.com culprits as well.

[shuckmaster]

Skilling was convicted of one count of conspiracy, 12 counts of securities fraud, five counts of making false statements and one count of insider trading. Commit that many separate murders and I bet you get over 24 years...

[Rockitz]

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.

The stress that he cause many employees and shareholders has undoubtedly led to early death for many of these people. That's makes it a multiple murder in my book.

[tdewey10]

It's absolutely ridiculous that Skilling gets 24 years and Lynn Stewart gets 28 months.

[NYCynic]

"Thou shall not steal" and "Thou shall not kill" are both commandments. The bible does not weight either one of these above the other.

[plain talk]

I agree.