http://money.cnn.com/2004/07/16/news/newsmakers/martha_sentencing/index.htm?cnn=yes -or- http://tinyurl.com/6t3fb
Martha Stewart gets 5 months jail, 5 months home confinement, and a $30K fine. So what do you guys think: too light? too harsh? Is Martha a poor victim of John Ashcroft's America? (I have a friend here who is trying very hard to find a way to blame Bush for Martha's predicament). I was thinking the sentence was pretty fair (it could have been much harsher - up to 2 years jail time), but had some sympathy for her until I saw her "defiant" statement implying her insider trading and lying to investigators was a "small personal matter" and that she was unfairly and "shamefully" singled out for persecution. Bah. If she had just told the truth to the investigators, she would have probably just gotten a fine and this would have blown over long ago. She brought this on herself. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
