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To: billbears
Martha Stewart lied repeatedly, conspired to cover up her actions, and obstructed justice. This wasn't done out of ignorance; she was a former stockbroker and sat on the Board of the New York Stock Exchange. Just because her case wasn't as large nor as complicated as Enron or WorldCom doesn't make it less worthy of prosecution.

You don't think that crooks in the stock market are worthy of prosecution? You think that people like the Enron people should be allowed to run up a stock and pocket profits, leaving regular investors holding the bag? How in the world are people supposed to invest successfully if no one who breaks the security laws is prosecuted? We all might as well go to Vegas and play roulette!

You are such a Bush antagonist that even when his administration is doing something correct, you are compelled to proclaim it is wrong.

222 posted on 03/08/2004 5:58:32 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: Miss Marple
You don't think that crooks in the stock market are worthy of prosecution?

I don't think I said that. Just not federal prosecution. However I'm not sure I would be willing to bet Stewart's story against someone that was charged in the same crime, whose charge was dropped in exchange for his testimony. Do you think without that testimony the case was open and shut? Considering that more than one securities lawyer, even on Fox, has stated that she probably shouldn't have been charged in the first place I'd say the prosecution's case was quite weak. This whole trial came down to 'he said, she said'. Mind you I don't like Martha Stewart in the least for more than one reason.

224 posted on 03/08/2004 6:21:35 PM PST by billbears (Deo Vindice.)
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