Verdict in Enron case: Guilty Guilty Guilty

[PatsWin2002]

-- Jurors reach verdict in trial of Enron executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling. Verdict to be read at noon ET.

[KipCorrington25]

After seeing the documentary The Smartest Guys in the Room I pray these a-holes get the book... but they are rich now so I'm sure they'll walk.

[alkemical]

yeah, i have a thread called american ju$tice - about this....

[PatsWin2002]

Originally Posted by amesj523

yeah, i have a thread called american ju$tice - about this....

Sorry, I looked quicky and didn't see anything. I got the CNN email about it and figured it was unfolding now so.....why not give it its own thread.

[watermock]

The money they confiscated was from Citco, those Communsts to the South!

If the bills don't fit, you must acquit!

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by PatsWin2002

Sorry, I looked quicky and didn't see anything. I got the CNN email about it and figured it was unfolding now so.....why not give it its own thread.

no it's cool - mine's buried on the bored & rhetoric thread...

[Phantom]

Originally Posted by KipCorrington25

After seeing the documentary The Smartest Guys in the Room I pray these a-holes get the book... but they are rich now so I'm sure they'll walk.

I agree, the greed and callousness was eye opening. Very interesting documentary. I hope they get major time.

[PatsWin2002]

Ken Lay:

Guilty on all 35 charges!

[OrangeShadow]

Skilling was found guilty on many counts

[PatsWin2002]

Jeffrey Skilling:

Not guilty on all insider trading charges.

Waiting on the rest..........trying not to give bad info isnce no cameras are allowed....this is all transferred by word of mouth.

[Bronco_Beerslug]

Lay looking at 165 years max.

[KipCorrington25]

How much will they really get is the question.

[PatsWin2002]

Originally Posted by KipCorrington25

How much will they really get is the question.

Some expert said Lay "is toast" and "he better get used to wearing stripes" since he's 63 now.

Even if each item was drastically reduced he ain't getting out alive.

[watermock]

They should have to be vegans for 5 years since they have lived fat off the hog for 20.
they should pull their mansions first. How these pricks keep their mansions is beyond me. Then you throw them in with Lex Luthor.

[bendog]

They should go to federal pound you in the ass prison, that's for sure. But they won't. I wonder where bernie ebbers is doing his life sentence?

[Swedish Extrovert]

I mean when this many people lose everything because you didn't want to divulge information that woul expidite the end of your company.... so you can continue driving your Ferrari to your mansion.... I think it's probabally well deserved.

[Tom Foolery]

Originally Posted by PatsWin2002

Some expert said Lay "is toast" and "he better get used to wearing stripes" since he's 63 now.

Even if each item was drastically reduced he ain't getting out alive.

10% of the time on white collar crimes is the general rule. Not always followed, but most times.

100 years = 10 years prison time.

Thats just for parole hearings though. Parole Boards are required to examine if the inmate is still a "threat" to society, and likely Lay and Skilling if they live to their first parole hearing, will not be considered a threat to society. There is the human factor of parole boards however and the victim character letters to the parole board, but there is a possibility of both of them getting out of their sentences at their first parole hearing because of the fact that neither will pose a "threat" to society at large again.

Personally, I think jail is far to lenient of a sentence for them. A good trip to a deserted disease infested island for the rest of their lives without anything but the clothes on their back is a more just punishment in my opinion.

[NOLA Bronco]

As someone who became unemployed because of their shenanigans, I hope they enjoy their time in Federal pound me in the ass prison.

[Crushaholic]

The time will be most likely served at a minimum security prison. In my part of the world, we have a guy named David Wittig who was convicted of defrauding his former utility company. The jury sent him to a minimum security prison and I expect these guys will get the same fate...

[NOLA Bronco]

Originally Posted by Crushaholic

The time will be most likely served at a minimum security prison. In my part of the world, we have a guy named David Wittig who was convicted of defrauding his former utility company. The jury sent him to a minimum security prison and I expect these guys will get the same fate...

Actually that could be rougher for them. Minimum security prisons allow a great deal more interraction between inmates than most max. security ones....

[alkemical]

Originally Posted by Crushaholic

The time will be most likely served at a minimum security prison. In my part of the world, we have a guy named David Wittig who was convicted of defrauding his former utility company. The jury sent him to a minimum security prison and I expect these guys will get the same fate...

Or they become venture capitalists like Michael Milken and next thing ya know $50mil if investment money is gone, but all the VP's & CEO's are driving new bimmers & mercedi (that is the plural of mercedes, right?)

[Paladin]

Gosh. And these were the type of fellows who helped developed the National Energy Policy. And wouldn't they have been a great company to put your Medicare dollars to work in?

I hope they get 20%. I would hope the judge would consider the sheer numbers of people who were burned by those scumbags, and the enormous amount of dollars involved. When it's over, I hope the wives have to live in tents pitched near the railroad tracks.

[Taco John]

I hope they find the raquetball courts where these guys are going most unsatisfactory.

[Paladin]

And no tea service.

[alkemical]

and the only sex they get is with their wives, no hookers!