Reply #14: Yeah, you'd think so, but this kind of corruption [View All]

[Warpy]

has been going on for so long in so many states that these guys don't even realize they're doing anything wrong. Or they're good at lying to themselves, their last 10 predecessors got away with it and all that.

We had a similar scandal here in NM, the Democratic official inheriting a corrupt system from a GOP predecessor and not having the wits to realize that maybe bribes and kickbacks were illegal. Both are going through seemingly interminable trials.

White collar crime like that isn't thought to be worthy of a death sentence, and that's why his health is being considered. Personally, I'd prefer to see sentences meted out on the number of people hurt as well as on the degree of that hurt. Lay would never have seen life outside prison again. Skilling and Fastow should die there, too.

I doubt he'll do the full six years.