Skilling:"I can't imagine more remorse...That being said I am innocent..."

[dajoki]

How can you be remorseful when you won't admit to doing anything wrong? If somebody can explain this to me, please do.
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Monsters and Critics
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Former Enron executive gets 24 years in prison (Roundup)
Oct 23, 2006, 22:46 GMT

Washington - Sending a strong signal to the corporate community, a federal judge convicted former Enron Corp Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling to more than 24 years in prison on Monday for his role in an accounting fraud that brought down the company.

US District Court Judge Sim Lake sentenced Skilling in a Houston, Texas courtroom after hearing testimony from several victims in the case. Skilling was convicted in May on 19 counts of fraud, conspiracy and insider trading at the energy-trading firm.

'In terms of remorse your honour, I can't imagine more remorse,' Bloomberg financial news service quoted Skilling as telling the judge at the hearing. 'That being said your honour, I am innocent of these charges. I am innocent of every one of these charges.'

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Skilling's lawyers had said a long sentence would be like sending their client to life in prison, but Lake dismissed their argument.

'As the many victims of his crime have so poignantly explained, his crimes have imposed on them a life sentence of poverty,' he said.