Bingo! Or maybe if he raped a little girl/boy. Then he would get about 4 years, max.
Listen, I think what these guys did was dispicable but the people who "lost everything" did so because they were greedy. They hopped on the gravy train and rode it for all it was worth. I have very little sympathy for people who are foolish enough to put their entire life savings into one stock and then bitch when it goes bust. They still would have taken a big hit even if they were diversified but it would be recoverable.
Or maybe if he was the mastermind of the entire Enron financial deal he would be out in two years!
Andy Fastow was the mastermind behind all the sham companies and money transfers. He admitted that Lay and Skilling were not even aware of most of those schemes. However...
He got to the DA first, got his case transferred out of the grand jury, got a deal where he got to see all the evidence against him beforehand, and he'll probably be be out in about two years.
And by the way, he won't even be going to prison. He gets to go to a clinic to treat his 'addiction' to depression medication.
But it will make people feel better if *somebody* gets 26 years, even if it isn't the guy who made it happen.