Martha Steward wasn't part of the financial inside circle. No one's nephew was going to lose an internship at Goldman Sachs because of her prosecution, so she w

Martha Steward wasn't part of the financial inside circle. No one's nephew was going to lose an internship at Goldman Sachs because of her prosecution, so she was able to be the sacrificial lamb so the public maintained confidence in the existing financial system. But, in general the regulatory facility is so deeply coupled to those that they seek to keep in check to essentially be toothless.