BREAKING: Jeff Skilling Gets 24+ Years In Enron Sentence! (MSNBC)

[stopbush]

Breaking now.

[gratuitous]

1. Not enough by half

But it will do for a start.

[whistle]

5. Yes, then for every $1.0 billion he helped steal and returns he gets one year

...reduced from his sentence.

[Human Torch]

7. That was my immediate reaction.

Good luck proving his "innocence."

[MrCoffee]

2. Have fun in PRISON, dickhead!

hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaahahahhahahhahahahahhahaa

[Geoff R. Casavant]

3. Excellent! But . . .

. . . let's hope he is not released on bond pending appeal. Treat him like the rest of us, and let him rot in prison while the appeal goes forward.

[LeighAnn]

34. Right. He's bound to have a heart attack and die

only to be spotted in Rio.

[badgerpup]

38. Ya read my mind...

It's gonna look awful damn suspicious if Skilling pops off as well.

edited...realized he's already BEEN sentenced so he can't die beforehand and have his conviction overturned.

[roody]

39. He does not look very worried.

I'm sure he has heart problems and will die shortly before going to jail. I wonder if they will hang out on this side of the world or another side.

[OhioChick]

4. Good. He deserves more............ n/t

[Shakespeare]

6. Rot there, you greedy, immoral motherfucker. n/t

[Le Taz Hot]

8. How long before this one

is overturned on appeals?

[kestrel91316]

33. There won't be any need for appeals. Bush will pardon him.

Mark my words.

[susanna]

47. I'll back you on that. Done deal I'll bet. n/t

[nedbal]

49. Bush will pardon him n/t

[stopbush]

CNN saying he could have received up to 40 years.

"This is at the low end of what he could have received."

[lcordero2]

9. I hope that they put him in general population

[Seedersandleechers]

10. So typically you only serve half the time which would be 12 years

[madrchsod]

13. no 85% in the federal prison system

he`ll be an old man when he gets out....but there`s always george

[BOSSHOG]

11. 24 years in prison for practicing "conservative" values

[saigon68]

25. Remember its "Compassionate Conservatism"

LOL

[MaineDem]

12. Did they lead him away?

This is such a farce.

[madinmaryland]

14. Here's a link...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15389150 /

HOUSTON - Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling is sentenced to 24 years, four months in prison for his role in one of the biggest corporate scandals in U.S. history.

Skilling insisted he was innocent yet remorseful Monday as he appeared before the federal judge who will sentence him.

“Your honor, I am innocent of these charges,” Skilling told U.S. District Judge Sim Lake. “I’m innocent of every one of these charges.

.snip

He still claims he is innocent.

.snip

“We will continue to pursue my constitutional rights and it’s no dishonor to this court and anyone else in this court. But I feel very strongly about this, and I want my friends, my family to know that.”

Skilling, 52, also disputed reports that he had no remorse for his role in the fraud that led to Enron’s collapse in 2001, which wiped out thousands of jobs, more than $60 billion in market value and more than $2 billion in pension plans.

“I can tell you that’s just the furthest thing from the truth,” he said. “It’s been very hard on me, but probably, more important, incredibly hard on my family, incredibly hard on employees of Enron Corp., incredibly hard on my friends and incredibly hard on the community.

..snip

[tinfoilinfor2005]

28. me my me my me my

ugh.

[brooklynite]

15. That should help frame the new "Economy is Booming" campaign...

[sugapablo]

16. OUCH!

My bunghole feels for you pallie!

[Ian David]

17. He plans to forward-amortize those 24 years through a series of "shell convicts..."

...so that each of them will, in fact, serve no more than four years each.

His "Plan B" is to die of a heart attack before he's exhausted his appeals.

[matcom]

18. Is this a REAL Prison or a Country Club?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

45. It's a tough prison.

The daiquiris don't have umbrellas.

[OhioChick]

19. Another Link:

Associated Press
Skilling Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison
10.23.2006, 04:04 PM

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling was sentenced on Monday to 24 years, four months in prison for his role in one of the biggest corporate scandals in U.S. history.
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/10/23/ap311309...

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Oh my, tears are falling on my keyboard.

[justice1]

21. I wonder if he will die out on bail, with a quick cremation?

The bonus, his family would get to keep the money.

[aggiesal]

22. Let hope he doesn't arrive at the secluded island ...

where Ken Lay is hiding!

[Karla Marx]

23. How long until he "dies" like Kenny-Boy Lay?

[sofa king]

24. Yeah, sentenced to St. Barts with Kenny-Boy, no doubt.

[dysfunctional press]

48. kenny-boy "died" before he was sentenced-

so for him, the charges and the guilty verdict went away, as if it had never happened.
legally, he is NOT considered a convicted felon.

[endarkenment]

26. Tomorrow: Skilling suddenly dies.

[katty]

27. Not nearly enough time-but it's a start!

[Jacobin]

29. I believe he's out of prison pending appeal. No justice. yet.

Appeals can take a while. Just long enough for Bush* to pardon him after the next prez election.

[superconnected]

30. Wonder if he'll buy property by bush and moon.

[aquart]

37. That sounds so scenic.

[Jack Rabbit]

31. Shadenfreude

As a California rate payer, I particularly resented Skilling's little joke told in a business meeting:

What's the difference between California and the Titanic?

When the Titanic wents down, the lights were on.


FunGreetingJokes.com

The lights are out, Jeff. You've gone down.

[cobalt1999]

32. The real injustice was Fastow only getting 10 years.

If any of the Skilling, Lay, Fastow axis of evil that should have been jailed and the key thrown away it was Fastow.

Skilling 24 years sounds pretty stiff.

[BlueStater]

35. He'll be in prison a long time

Assuming he's still alive, he won't get out until February 2031.

[aquart]

36. Jeffy go bye-bye?

Think he'll drop dead, too?

[Rebellious Republican]

40. 24 plus years until his Presidential pardon in Jan. 2008! N/T

[napi21]

41. Actually, I'd bbe very surprised if he gets a pardon.

There's a lot of hatered directed to that man, as he deserves. I don't see Shrub pardoning him at all. Kenny Boy would have gotten a pardon, out of pure friendship, bit I don't see this one.

[NastyRiffraff]

42. Kenny Boy's pardon...

...would have come not because of friendship, but because he knew too much about the Bush family. Jeff? Not so much, so I agree he prolly won't get a pardon.

[Rebellious Republican]

46. I really believe that he will be pardoned, he was to Liddy like.....

Never once did he give an inch, to save his own skin. He is being to loyal and must know something, or has something on somebody. Think about all the other Bush loyalists that have acted in the same manner. Nope I beg to disagree with you guys, I do hope it is not true, but my gut tells me he will get off. Only time will tell for sure.

[krkaufman]

43. Too bad for Skilling that the Republicans are having electoral dysfunction

If the Rethugs were in a stronger position, they probably would have leaned on the prosecutors to go easy.

[lonestarnot]

44. fuckwad should have received worse.

[w4rma]

50. Didn't that other Enron executive get only about 6 years? (nt)