Martha Stewart Gets Five Months

[Chad Noles]

Choking back tears,Martha pleaded for leaniency,and got it.Her sentence,five months in jail,two years of supervised release,home confinement,and a fine of $30,000.Seems like another slap on the wrist for the wealthy.The message,make plenty of money before you commit your crime!Hey,this is America after all.

[patnray]

Will the judge be reported to Ashcroft for imposing a sentence below the federal guidelines, one wonders?

[Chad Noles]

No way,Martha is a good Republican,not a lousy Dem......Demo.....Democr........aw,I can't even say it!

[Larspeart]

she'll serve 2 months.

She'll have her own cell.

She'll be kept out of general population whenever possible (if not always).

[aerocontrols]

Originally posted by Chad Noles
No way,Martha is a good Republican,not a lousy Dem......Demo.....Democr........aw,I can't even say it!

Republican? (http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=Stewart%2C+Martha&txtState=%28all+states%29&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&txt2000=Y&Order=N)

I think her conviction was pretty bogus (http://www.reason.com/0310/fe.mm.st.shtml), though.

[Phrost]

I agree. The media is all wrapped up with the stuffy homemaker while nobody's paying attention to Ken Lay and the real criminals of the corporate world.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

It is important to note that the judge issued a stay of execution.

[Chad Noles]

Since Martha got off with the lowest possible sentence,doesn't she risk a higher sentence by her appeal?Maybe she gets more time with a harsher judge?