A suitable punishment for Ken Lay:

[Dulcinea]

Don't send him to prison. Instead, make him pay back every dime he stole, and then personally apologize to each & every Enron employee & stockholder who was left with nothing thanks to his machinations.

Then he gets to flip burgers or wash dishes for the rest of his life, with his wages garnished to pay his debts if need be. You see, people like him fear poverty more than anything, & having to associate with people who work for a living forevermore will be worse punishment than anything the penal system could dole out.

[Mandate My Ass]

1. 4 words

civilian prison labor camp

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/5/11566/88130

[aden_nak]

2. Bankrupt him and put him on a minimum wage job as his sole income source.

He'd blow a hole in the side of his own head by the end of the year, which is more or less okay with me at this point.

[Dulcinea]

3. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

I'm sure plenty of former Enron employees would say the same.

[LiberalEsto]

4. and no health insurance nt

[coalition_unwilling]

5. I oppose capital punishment, but . . .

if we have to have it, shouldn't it be reserved for people like Lay?

OK, here's a compromise: how about life in prison without parole?