[ladyjane]

Or maybe if he raped a little girl/boy. Then he would get about 4 years, max.

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.

[gotribe]

Fastow's a smart boy. Criminal genius, will write a book and get richer and richer.

[khnyny]

You are exactly right. Andy Fastow should be in jail for 25 years, not Skilling (as much as I dislike Skilling). Fastow was the CFO, for goodness sakes, if anyone was the most culpable, it was Fastow. Nothing ever came of Fastow claiming that certain banks were involved in the Enron downfall, either. Perhaps Fastow had some leverage and used that leverage in the "deal" with prosecutors. Andy conned everyone and even sold out his own wife, although in retrospect, they both got off easy.

Skilling is not the most "likeable" character of the ensemble and came across as an arrogant asshat, a perfect "villain" that was perfect for taking the fall. I'm sure Andy's got lots of $$$ waiting for him somewhere when he gets out of "treatment".

So much for justice. This whole Enron debacle has been unbelievable from beginning to end.

[Ready4Freddy]

He'll have to do at least at least 5. Why do you think he'll be out in 2?

...and he'll probably be be out in about two years.

[Wolfie]

That's the way the criminal justice system works in this country. There are girlfriends of drug dealers, for example, who got longer sentences than the actual dealer, simply because they didn't know enough to be able to cut a deal with the prosecutor. The whole thing is screwed up six ways to Sunday. Nobody seems to care. Unitl now, of course.

[livius]

Sickening (about Fastow).

I have translated a lot of docs dealing with the Latin American fallout of this. The odd thing was that it always seemed to me that the Enron folks were acting with complete honesty and with the diligence of a good businessman. But obviously, somebody somewhere along the line wasn't...