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jotsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-02-10 11:02 AM
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A supreme court sponsored end run for the prince of Enron?
Edited on Tue Mar-02-10 11:04 AM by jotsy
I snipped and summarized from a piece at Yahoo News written by Lucile Malandain



Jeff Skilling’s lawyers are seeking an appeal from the newest corporate flunkies at the judicial branch. The grounds on which the court may consider hearing the case appear to hinge on the question of a bias jury. Since this is the collective of expertise that declared an exponentially enhanced voice for corporations as fair and just, I would ask they consider themselves as unfit to evaluate any matter regarding such entities and claim their conclusions as coming from a neutral position.

BTW, as I understand it, the convictions of the late Emperor himself, Ken Lay, were thrown out as a result of his timely passing.

Edited to insert necessary comma.
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-10 01:27 AM
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1. My spouse often jokes that Ken Lay is alive and well in a place like Paraquay
Edited on Thu Mar-04-10 01:28 AM by truedelphi
Where he continues to fly the Bush family around in the Corporate jet.

When you have that much money, the results of the plastic surgery you pay for can be amazing.

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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-10 01:35 AM
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2. Display the fool like Lenin's corpse
So Californians can sleep at night. But yeah, with money and corrupt connections, a death is easy to fake. Never looked into it though, myself.
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jotsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-10 09:59 AM
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3. I tell my man he's on a beach in Dubai, sipping mai tais w/ OBL.
Thanks for posting a reply, beginning to feel invisible.
Hope all is well w/ you and yours.
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-04-10 10:13 AM
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4. Even the worst of society are entitled to a fair trial.
And they even get to pursue their legal rights through appeals.

With all of the press surrounding Enron, can you honestly say that spending only 5 hours to select a unbiased jury was adequate?

Oh, and fwiw, Skilling also questions the constitutionality of the honset services criminal charges. He isn't alone is that argument.

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