Supreme Court Over-turns Arthur Andersen Conviction!

[ChiciB1]

Are you surprised??? Lawyer says they were falsly accused!

Very funny, but not Ha, Ha funny!

[Hubert Flottz]

1. What was the vote 7 to 2?

Dirtbags!

[ChiciB1]

2. That I DIDN'T Hear

I HOPE it was closer than that!

[LostInAnomie]

4. YAHOO! says it was unanimous.

God bless America, the best system of justice money can buy.

[Hubert Flottz]

7. Sounds about Reich!

Well, does this mean we can cheat on our taxes like the rich 1%ers do?

[Dweezil44]

6. No, it was unanimous.

All nine justices voted to overturn. The jury instructions were broad enough to drive a truck through them.

Remember, this doesn't mean they are free to go. The Justice Department is strongly considering retrying the case. Problem is, even with the broad jury instructions, they only managed to get a single conviction for destruciton of documents.

Here's a link to the decision.

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[ChiciB1]

8. I'm Still Not Laughing....

Thanks for the link. All NINE????

[Hubert Flottz]

9. Thanks for the link!

The Justice Department does whatever the boys that ENRON helped put in office, tells them to do! They have since 2001!

[Tux]

3. OK

So it's OK to lie on financial matters? What happened to good old honest businessmen? Hell, Gates tells the truth on the books. I'll give Anderson credit, he can buy off anyone.

[Dweezil44]

10. I didn't say that.

But it sure as heck is not okay to allow the government to convict someone (corporation or person) based on incredibly broad jury instructions.

Frankly, had the case stood, any corporation that destroyed documents as part of the normal course of business would have been in jeopardy of prosecution at some future date.

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[Dweezil44]

11. Umm, you do realize

that Arthur Andersen founded the firm in 1913, and has been dead for 58 years . . . .?

[tridim]

5. And yet my Mother still doesn't understand why I pulled my 401k

money out of the stock market.

There are no corporate rules being enforced.