2 more Enron execs sent to jail (reduced sentences)

[rainbow4321]

"Charity and community work", my ass...doesn't make up for the people losing their retirement nest eggs.


http://www.mysanantonio.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8LF0QJ02.html

Two Enron executives whose cooperation with prosecutors helped bring convictions for the architects of the biggest scandal in U.S. corporate history received sharply reduced sentences Friday.

Michael Kopper, once the top lieutenant to former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow, was sentenced to three years and one month in prison. An hour later, Mark Koenig, the company's former investor relations chief, received an 18-month sentence

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Kopper's attorney, David Howard, said his client's charity and community work since his arrest is proof he is a changed man. "He is no longer that guy from Enron," Howard said.

Ruemmler said Koenig warranted a substantial reduction in his sentence because his assistance resulted in the guilty pleas of other Enron executives and contributed to the successful prosecution of Lay and Skilling. "He is fundamentally an honest person," she said. "But he succumbed to the business pressures, to the requests of the company and he made some very, very grave errors."

[BlueJazz]

1. Christ!..18 Months??...I've seen people get almost that much time....

...for stealing Food in a store.
..And Politicians wonder why so many Americans have absolutely no faith in the Justice System.

[Richard Steele]

2. And how many HONEST people now NEED to steal food....

...because of what this asshole did?

[Canuckistanian]

3. They deserved the electric chair...

..with a reduced voltage.