CHICAGO-(AEAE)-JEFFERY SKILLING, THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF ENRON CORPORATION CONVICTION FOR CONSPIRACY AND SECURITIES FRAUD IN 2006 in connection with the failure of energy company giant Enron corportion was confirmed by the U.S. 5th circuit court of appeals. This is dispite the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated the theroy underlying skillings conviction. The high court instructed the 5th Circuit to revisit Skilling's case to decide wheither it should be dismissed. However, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals stated that the jury was presented with evidence that skilling "conspired" to commit conspiracy and fraud, the guilty verdict and 24 years prision sentence will stand. There was no evidence every presented that Skilling was bribed or actually took any kick backs. However because Skilling must have "thought" about taking bribes and kick backs that was sufficient evidence to warrent a 24 year sentense to a man who had no prior convictions according to a U of Chicago Law Professor. "In our system it is no longer necessary to actually commit a crime thinking about is all that is necessary in the 21st Century to get convicted, sent to jail for 24 years."
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Face
4/16/2011 07:21:52 am
You just bought yourself 5 more years of litigation
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HA!
4/16/2011 08:26:28 pm
Been here two months and sixteen hot ones
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The Bull
4/17/2011 07:07:17 am
Hey dick face-- I think your forgetting the little problem you have with the feds, entirely different caliber of prosecutor disk face, that one gets you five years, minimum.
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Knock knock
4/19/2011 06:53:15 pm
Where did Leo go? I was looking forward to reading what he had written when he was locked up.
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Face
4/22/2011 07:00:56 am
There is a new book coming out....
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U of C Prof
4/22/2011 07:04:22 am
Nobody is forgetting anything. He is looking forward to clearing his name. Remember he has never been convicted of anything in 64 years! Nothing!
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