Maybe! A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ordered today that the Enron CEO be resentenced, claiming that U.S. District Judge Sim Lake "erred by applying guidelines that resulted in a 24-year prison term," which was apparently "too severe." (The 19-count conviction was upheld, though J to the S still awesomely maintains innocence.) Legal Eagle Dennis Kneale agreed earlier that 24 years was excessive.
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Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 1:10PM
Khan!!!
Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 1:12PM
Pardon me
Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 1:14PM
"Legal Eagle Dennis Kneale agreed earlier that 24 years was excessive."
Hah. Please remove tongue from cheek. Damage will be minimized if you first unclench teeth.
Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 1:15PM
Kneale is cocksucker. I hope he falls in a ditch to hell.
Skilling should rot or save us the tax dollars and die like Ken Lay.
Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 1:15PM
Just enough of a window to get that much needed colon surgery. Then back to the pen for more ass-pounding. Crook. When's Bernie going in?
Posted by Anal_yst , Jan 06, 2009 1:17PM
Tell me this, is there anything Dennis Kneale DOESN'T know????
Posted by e_anthony58 , Jan 06, 2009 1:28PM
Dennis Kneale knows all!!
Posted by e_anthony58 , Jan 06, 2009 1:51PM
Dennis Kneale knows all!!
Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 1:52PM
&7.....Hey, e_anthony58....surely you jest.
Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 2:18PM
"What's the difference between California and the Titanic?"
/misses the good old days
Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 2:51PM
Maybe his sentence should be reduced to house arrest, an ankle bracelet and perhaps a bronze statue of security guards keeping watch. After all, the corporate criminals of the recent market debauchery will probably roam free.
Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 3:30PM
@5 Agreed. Colon surgery and another facelift is on the docket.
Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 5:09PM
24 years for Skilling - one of the greatest business minds of the last 50 years is just insane. it serves NO ONE to incarcerate Jeff for that long. the people hurt most by this reactionary and excessive punishment are the innocent shareholders. the indictments resulted in frozen assets and huge legal bills - millions of dollars that could have been recovered... in the future we need to do a better job with distinguishing types of corporate crimes and apply appropriate sentences. jeff is a man who did everything right his entire life. of course poor decisions were made and lots of people were hurt - but to make Jeff serve 24 years is just as wrong as the harm his admitted malfeasance caused.
Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 5:16PM
24 years for Skilling is a huge miscarriage of justice. it serves NO ONE to incarcerate Jeff for that long. the people hurt most by this reactionary and excessive punishment are the innocent shareholders. the indictments resulted in frozen assets and huge legal bills - millions of dollars that could have been recovered... in the future we need to do a better job with distinguishing types of corporate crimes and apply appropriate sentences. sentencing guidelines need to be reformed. unlike garbage criminals who offer zero to society, jeff is a man who basically did everything right his entire life. of course poor decisions were made and lots of people were hurt - but to make Jeff serve 24 years is just as wrong as the harm his admitted malfeasance caused.
Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 6:02PM
@13 & 14 Give me a break
Posted by guest , Jan 06, 2009 6:46PM
@13 & 14: Jeff, long time no talk. I didn't know they let you use the internet in prison.
Posted by NotNasser , Jan 06, 2009 9:02PM
13: one of the greatest business minds of the last 50 years is just insane
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Why didn't he invoke the insanity defense then?
or have I misconstrued your syntax a bit?
Posted by guest , Jan 07, 2009 3:10AM
13 is j to the s in the prison library at the pc
Posted by guest , Jan 07, 2009 4:55AM
Skilling's HBS interviewer's 1st question after reading his resume: "So you think you're smart?"
J to the S: "I'm fucking smart"
Posted by guest , Jan 07, 2009 10:36AM
come on, how about some proportionality here? oj will be free in 6 years and skilling 20?
Posted by guest , Jan 07, 2009 10:42AM
You seem to be forgetting what charge OJ is in for - its not murder.
Posted by Debter , Jan 07, 2009 12:34PM
Skilling came from McKinsey & Co. That firm has turned out more bullsh*t laden CEO's than I care to remember. Consultants are the worst form of scum that plagues the business community today. I feel sorry for all the HBS jerk*ff's that want to go into this field as they will learn absolutely nothing about running a business (however, they will make bank).