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Jeffrey Skilling wins Appeal
- mcknz 16y agoThe sympathy here for Enron executives is a tad nauseating. One can hardly tar government prosecutions as overzealous if the inherent issue is a vague statute.
- orangecat 16y agoYes, Jeff Skilling is a despicable person, just as Lori Drew is. In neither case should we twist the meaning of laws so that they turn virtually everyone into a criminal. If the government's interpretation of "honest services" law were upheld, it would arguably be a crime to take a personal call or visit HN when you're supposed to be working.
- mcknz 16y agoOr call in sick to go to a baseball game. Can't really blame the prosecution for using a law on the books.
- kevin_morrill 16y agoThe government never demonstrated he did anything wrong, except being overly optimistic about his company. Houston's Clear Thinkers blog has done a great job of chronicling how absurd the governments claims are. http://blog.kir.com/archives/2010/06/skilling_wins_a.asp http://blog.kir.com/archives/2010/06/skilling_wins_a.asp