Martha gets 5 months...

[DShiznit 0]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=&e=1&u=/ap/20040716/ap_on_bi_ge/martha_stewart

[lawrocket 3]

That's all? I guess it's enough to punish her.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[lifewithoutanet 0]

That's barely enough time for her to get settled and get it decorated for guests.
-C.

[PhillyKev 0]

She'll have nicest cell in her block. She can hold craft classes, too.

How To Make a Toothbrush Into A Shank.

[Slappie 9]

*cough*bullshit sentence*cough*

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

[sunshine 2]

You need a cough drop slappie? I'm sorry if i gave you strep throat when i made out with you the other day.

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I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug!

[mattjw916 2]

haha... they should make her read books on ethics and integrity while she is in the big house...

I hope they don't let her skate by and go home during the appeals process. I say lock her up immediately!!!

NSCR-2376, SCR-15080

[CrazyIvan 0]

That's proof that "justice" doesn't apply to rich people.

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[DShiznit 0]

I don't think she should have served any time at all... I think they should have imposed a VERY hefty fine. Show her that the few mil she didn't lose wound up costing her half.

just my .02 though.

[Slappie 9]

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You need a cough drop slappie? I'm sorry if i gave you strep throat when i made out with you the other day.

Wow! I got some an didn't even know!

"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them."

[LuvToFly 0]

Whoa! And only a $30,000 fine???

Glad it was not a DZ.commer on trial for those crimes. They'd double the sentence, and up the fine, with the judge's written opinion on the case making some vague reference to, well, here's an extract:

"and furthmore, being that these "skydivers" as they call themselves, are not of sound mind, they should get their ARS kicked anyway. As responsible citizens, it's the least we can do to stem the blatent disregard for the laws of nature, and to keep the tide of these meat-missiles in check."

His honorable judge,

M.A. Whuffo

"The helicopter approaches closer than any other to fulfillment
of mankind's ancient dreams of a magic carpet" - Igor Sikorsky

[pleifer 0]

I can't believe that i am defending ms
but it was not millions that she did not loose, it was actually about $40,000 was the total amount of the sale. It was not the sale of the stock they were getting her on, it was that she lied about the sale of the stock.
my question is how much time should you get for lying when not under oath?
and what the artical said was five months of house arrest, not even prison, (dunno why that was the title)
anyway i think they should have hung her, the world would be a better place. ha ha

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It looks like she'll be serving it under house arrest.

It was all for naught, anyway...

"Stewart and Bacanovic always maintained she sold because of a preset plan to unload the stock when it fell to $60. ImClone now trades around $80."

mh

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[jdhill 0]

its 5 and 5... 5 in prison, 5 under house arrest.

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke

[dbattman 0]

Does anyone know the actual 'obstruction of justice' acts that she was charged with? I could understand her being somewhat less than cooperative- I don't like being pushed around either.

[Keith 0]

Yep, she's been convicted of loosing money on the stock market and lying about it This should have never been an issue in the first place.

Keith

Don't Fuck with me Keith - J. Mandeville

[lifewithoutanet 0]

Interesting rally her stock is making right now. MSO up nearly 30% (as of 0950 Pacific).
-C.

[PhillyKev 0]

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I don't think she should have served any time at all... I think they should have imposed a VERY hefty fine. Show her that the few mil she didn't lose wound up costing her half.

just my .02 though.

The thing is, that's what she would have had to do if she would have owned up to it. The reason for the jail sentence is because she lied about it during the investigation.

[chuckbrown 0]

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Does anyone know the actual 'obstruction of justice' acts that she was charged with? I could understand her being somewhat less than cooperative- I don't like being pushed around either.

I believe the obstruction of justice was based on her trying to get witnesses to corroborate her version of events. The big issue was that she denied a phone call with her broker to sell after the FDA denial came out, instead claiming that she had a pre-existing stop loss order to sell when the shares reached a certain price. She's real lucky on the sentence though. The federal guidelines called for 10-16 months in jail.

[happythoughts 0]

There an old expression about politics, "It's never the crime, it's always the coverup that gets them."

Before she got into the catering business, she was a stockbroker. She also had a seat on the board of the NYSE. She knew the rules.