And how about that Ken Lay?

[cornermouse]

Is he holding out for a statute of limitations escape or a pre-trial pardon?

[President Jesus]

1. Lay's complete list of political donations

I thnk he's waiting for one of the hundreds of GOP pols to whom he's donated to save his ass.

[ComerPerro]

8. Love your sig line.

I completely agree.

In fact, I have said that to people before.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. I can't help but think

If Lay had been a poor man without connections, his backside would have been in jail by now.

[Ganja Ninja]

3. Not only not in jail, he hasn't even been to trial yet!

And Rush hasn't been charged with anything either. That's justice Bush style. The rich walk and the poor get screwed.

[anitar1]

5. Lay Will Never Go to Trial, IMHO n/t

[cthrumatrix]

6. capital punishment = those with capital don't get punished

[punpirate]

4. Quoting George Bush:

"Who?"

I think he's really planning on the ghost defense... he wasn't around when all the shit went down, and he doesn't know anything, and if he sticks to that story, the real story (and the investigators) will go away.

If he's hoping for the statutes to run out, I think prosecutors still have a couple of years to bring charges before a grand jury. If they don't, the charges die and they would have to start all over again. Maybe he's counting on that, but I hope prosecutors are thinking differently.

Last I heard, his lawyers were "negotiating" with prosecutors about which of his papers were personal and which were corporate.

[BiggJawn]

7. Who???

Ken Lay???

Oh, I KNOW! Wasn't he on "Murkan Eye-DULL" just before William Hung?

Kenny-Boy will never go to trial. Friends in high places, y'know....

[Bridget Burke]

9. Currently, he's hoping for a speedy trial.

However, lawyers for co-defendants Jeff Skilling & Richard Causey want a delay. Their appointment books are just too full for anything earlier than September--December would be even better. Lawyers & prosecutors will meet in court next week to discuss everybody's schedules; perhaps the judge will make his feelings known.

www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3040165

Skilling and Causey are accused of more than 30 crimes, including counts of fraud and conspiracy. Lay is set to be tried with his two colleagues on seven counts that relate to Enron fraud. But Lay will be tried separately on four other bank fraud counts that relate to his personal banking.