Breaking: Jeff Skilling Loses Appeal of Criminal Conviction

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: wsj

This just in: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has denied former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling’s appeal of his conviction. Click here for the 16-page opinion, handed down by Fifth Circuit judge Edward C. Prado.

When we last left Mr. Skilling in November of last year (here, here), he had a little momentum on his side. The U.S. Supreme Court had earlier in the year narrowed the “honest services” fraud statute, which criminalized a wide swath of activity, and which was used in the Skilling prosecution.

The Supreme Court sent the case back to the Fifth Circuit to determine whether and to what degree Skilling’s conviction should be overturned, in light of its ruling on honest-services fraud.

Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/04/06/breaking-jeff-skilling-loses-appeal-of-criminal-conviction/

[musette_sf]

1. w00t

and the family of Cliff Baxter thanks the Fifth Circuit Court for its excellent decision.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Good job too.

What a dirtbag.

[freshwest]

3. The Graybar Motel always has vacancies.

[PurityOfEssence]

12. It was an unexpected heart attack, brought about by the sting of injustice

At least the cheery little impish guy in Argentina will have a chess partner now...

So sad.

[Hotler]

4. kicking

[bluestateguy]

5. He needs to stop with the frivolous appeals and accept responsibility for his evil crimes

nt

[underpants]

6. You can't spell Jail without a "J"

go to jail. Your already collected your $200.

"Smartest guys in the room" huh? Not today. :rofl:

[xchrom]

7. Recommend

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[indypaul]

9. Unfortunately - Innocent until proven broke. n/t

[marions ghost]

10. +++

for some kind of justice...

Cannot let these white collar criminals off...ever.

[grahamhgreen]

11. Kick

[femrap]

13. k and r

poor little jeffey. let him live in orange.

[hayu_lol]

14. Maybe this guy Skilling can ...

die in peace in prison. Perhaps we can send him some of his friends to keep him company.

[Rex]

15. He should be joined by a host of national and international fuckwads

that stole money and hurt the citizenry in the process. Should be an ultimate sentence imo.

[Scuba]

16. Now if we can just find that Ken Lay bastard. n/t

[FiveGoodMen]

19. That's what I was thinking.

[plumbob]

17. Awwwwwwwwwwwwww

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!


Wooo, that's funny.

[FLPanhandle]

18. Of all the miscreants at Enron, he was the worst

I hope he stays in jail for a long time.

[tammywammy]

20. Good n/t

[LaPera]

21. Enron greedy slimy republican fuckers Ken Lay & Skilling got a fine CA Dem Guv Gray Davis removed

with their corporate & personal greed, stealing and lies these partisan fuckers along with republican lying assholes Karl Rove & puppet Darell Issa exploited to the max with a recall to get a republican (Arnold) to take over CA in hopes of controlling and to steal CA for the republicans - Thank you Dem Secretary of State Debra Bowen for keeping the CA elections honest since then!

[notesdev]

22. I got a question

What did he do that the people running our banking system aren't doing presently, today, in the here and now, without being prosecuted for it?

[defendandprotect]

23. And Ken Lay, RIP -- ?