Martha Stewart sentenced to 5 months

[chicken]

Martha Stewart sentenced to five months in prison.

Make of that what you will. Original predictions were for 6-10 months, so she got off lightly. Also, due to the usual appeals process, her incarceration has been stayed.

Information on the appeals arguments.

Comments

[wickedprincess3.livejournal.com]

Ah sorry, should have been less snarky and more clear on my intent.
Not at all that she should get a worse sentence, very much did not mean that. I still think the media has been rather unfair to her when you consider the treatment that male CEO that commit the same crime get. Thus I do have sympathy or something. However, that comment made me boggle and have much less sympathy for the treatment she's received from the public at large.

So no. Being a bitch shouldn't get her more prison time at *all* it just gets her way less sympathy from me

[chicken-cem.livejournal.com]

Yep.

[the-automatik.livejournal.com]

Hehehe!

I agree, where is the media commenting on what Enron executives are wearing to their hearings? (Or have those even been scheduled yet?)

How do you feel about the whole "male powerful executives are go-getters; female powerful executives are bitches" debate?