Former Enron CEO (Jeffrey Skilling) files high court appeal

[sabra]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling has asked the Supreme Court to overturn his 2006 conviction for securities fraud, his attorney told CNN.

In a 50-page petition filed Monday, Skilling’s attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, said “pervasive media coverage” prevented his client from receiving a fair trial from a Houston jury.

“The widespread, persistent, and scathing demonization of Skilling by the Houston media far exceeded the editorial commentary” allowed by the high court in similar cases, said the appeal. Questionnaires submitted by potential jurors “confirmed the breadth and intensity of the hostility toward Skilling.”

Read more: http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/11/former-enron-ceo-files-high-court-appeal/

[Submariner]

1. Rot in Hell you freakin' thief

prison suits you, and that's where you need to stay and croak.

[noiretextatique]

2. so, he didn't get a fair trial because he was ruthless scumbag

and everyone knew it? :nopity: perhaps he shouldn't have been a ruthless scumbag.

[pattmarty]

3. I would like to know one huge thing here, where in the hell.................

............is he getting ALL this money for the original trial, the first appeals, and now the Supreme court appeal???? I know all the upper management ripped off the company, but this guys legal bills have to be 10 million so far?

[DebbieCDC]

4. "The hostility toward Skilling" was brought on by his own actions

He's a thief and a lying scumbag and he deprived people of their livelihoods and retirement money and now HE wants "justice" because the jury was "hostile" to him? :banghead:

[pjt7]

5. ADD to his sentence

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