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| Martha Stewart Guilty on All Charges |
| 2004-03-05 |
| Another victory in the war on terror: Martha Stewart was convicted Friday of obstructing justice and lying to the government about a suspicious stock sale, a devastating verdict that probably means prison time for the homemaking and publishing icon. She’ll have a very tastefully decorated cell. The verdict came on the third day of deliberations in the case. The jury of eight women and four men deliberated three days before convicting Stewart of all counts against her. The charges carry up to 20 years in prison, but Stewart will most certainly get much less than that under federal sentencing guidelines. Her ex-stockbroker Peter Bacanovich, 41, was convicted on all but one count against him, making a false statement. Both will be sentenced on June 17. It’s Miller Time! |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #16 Does anyone think that Julia Childs or Miss Manners would have been able to demonstrate the proper way to hone a sherbet spoon into a shiv. Julia, no doubt. She was with the OSS in the Burma theater. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-3-5 11:33:23 PM |
| #15 Makes sense, SH. "It's a muddafuckah good thang, dog! Peace out!" |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-3-5 11:03:14 PM |
| #14 Really this could be an opportunity for Martha to develop some street cred. This should just be an avenue for her to add an edginess to a body of work that I feel was growing stagnant. Does anyone think that Julia Childs or Miss Manners would have been able to demonstrate the proper way to hone a sherbet spoon into a shiv. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-3-5 10:54:09 PM |
| #13 No Club Fed for those guys. Leavenworth. |
| Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-3-5 9:25:22 PM |
| #12 Martha is a small fish. I REALLY want to see Bernie Ebbers and Ken Lay spend some quality time at Club Fed. |
| Posted by: A Jackson 2004-3-5 8:24:47 PM |
| #11 Martha Stewart has been more or less set up to take a fall. The people(?) wanted "action" taken again all those Evil Rich Corporate CEOs (tm) who had been, uh, getting one over on the little guy... or something... and Martha was the most famous one the Feds could find. Not a good day for America. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2004-3-5 8:10:32 PM |
| #10 They couldn't get her on fraud charges so they get her on lying to the Feds? Okay, maybe I can see the 0bstruction of Justice Charge but if they ever charged everybody who lied to the FBI they'd have to build new prisons. And I wonder how many employees of the company whos stock she sold also sold off their when they might of known before hand. |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2004-3-5 6:39:41 PM |
| #9 doubt it- i think their are minumum mandatory sentencing guidelines on this one- my prediction 1-3yrs |
| Posted by: scott 2004-3-5 6:19:01 PM |
| #8 Prediction: She doesn't spend one day in jail. She will do community time...prolly catering for the SEC ....or Haliburton! |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-3-5 5:10:35 PM |
| #7 This is a stupid thing. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-5 4:30:28 PM |
| #6 Lil, It would have been better if she'd have walked... Now the media has the sentencing and endless appeals and legal misteps to cover, analyze, debate and opine until the fall... If she we freed today we would have forgotten about her by this evening... |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2004-3-5 4:29:40 PM |
| #5 Odd case. She is convicted of lying about a non-crime. Off with their heads. Elizabethan England in the courts. |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-3-5 4:26:45 PM |
| #4 so just come here for news:) |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2004-3-5 3:59:47 PM |
| #3 Lil Dhimmi - AMEN! |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-5 3:40:02 PM |
| #2 I really didn't give a rats ass about this case either way. I just wish this case, the Scott Peterson case, the Kobe Bryant case, the Michael Jackson case, and all the rest would hurry and be over with. Every time I put on any kind of television news whether it be FOX or any other network, it seems like these court cases are what they're talking about 75% of the time. |
| Posted by: Lil Dhimmi 2004-3-5 3:36:57 PM |
| #1 "Oh no no no. Those nasty bloodstains do not go well with that centerpiece…" |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-3-5 3:33:41 PM |