Comments on: Ex-Enron CEO Jeff Skilling Gets 24 Years

By: Anderson

Anderson — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:58:24 +0000

Cry me a river.

By: Patrick McGuire

Patrick McGuire — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:59:08 +0000

He should have claimed he was too emotionally attached to his job. They would have given him 24 months.

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By: Steven Plunk

Steven Plunk — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 22:44:06 +0000

BC and James Joyner's points are very true. No doubt he committed a crime but 24 years? It's not right.

Many of those investors were looking to get rich quick and knew the risks. The trustees of the 401k were the ones responsible for allowing so much of the pension money to be in Enron stock. The jobs that were lost are a shame but everyone runs that risk, look at the auto workers being laid off.

This sentence isn't about rehabilitation or deterrents, it's about being overwhelmed by the size of the debacle. Judges should know better.

By: BC

BC — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:39:33 +0000

It's interesting to contrast Skilling's sentence with that given to Lynn Stewart, and muse on what this says about us as a society.