Martha Stewart gets 5 months...

[estranged4life]

in Federal prison & 5 months house arrest...And 2 years on probation.

[DrummerDeanna]

in Federal prison & 5 months house arrest...And 2 years on probation.

wow - I'm surprised they gave her any jail time at all....she being a celebrity and all :rolleyes:

I guess now the appeal process will start?

[estranged4life]

wow - I'm surprised they gave her any jail time at all....she being a celebrity and all :rolleyes:

I guess now the appeal process will start?


in this day and age of kissing the ass (And worshiping the ass...) of celebrities I am also surprised she received any time.

I guess if you have the money you can ALMOST get away with anything nowadays (Right O.J.???)

[Merf]

I think it's bull**** that she got anytime at all!

Considering those fools in the White House have done the SAME EXACT THING (insider trading) and gotten TONS more money out of the deal, and what's going to happen to them? NOTHING. It was a trumped up charge and they used Martha as a scapegoat; come on, she's the "celebrity" people love to hate.

[GypsySorcerer]

I don't think she should serve any jail time. She was wrong, but she's not a violent criminal, nor is she a threat to anyone's life or safety. Our jails are overcrowded as it is. :mad: I think she should have gotten community service, a fine, and probation.

[DrummerDeanna]

I think it's bull**** that she got anytime at all!

Considering those fools in the White House have done the SAME EXACT THING (insider trading) and gotten TONS more money out of the deal, and what's going to happen to them? NOTHING. It was a trumped up charge and they used Martha as a scapegoat; come on, she's the "celebrity" people love to hate.

Yep...I totally agree :nod:

[estranged4life]

she will have it easy since Federal prisons are nothing more than glorified "Country Clubs", For convicts.

[gldstwmn]

wow - I'm surprised they gave her any jail time at all....she being a celebrity and all :rolleyes:

I guess now the appeal process will start?

It's the minimum sentence and yes, an appeal will be filed in ten days or less. The fine, however, was the maximum.

[gldstwmn]

I think it's bull**** that she got anytime at all!

Considering those fools in the White House have done the SAME EXACT THING (insider trading) and gotten TONS more money out of the deal, and what's going to happen to them? NOTHING. It was a trumped up charge and they used Martha as a scapegoat; come on, she's the "celebrity" people love to hate.

So do I. She's a first time offender. And here's a woman that came from nothing and made herself into something. The only differnece between her and the other crooks is that she' not a part of the good ole boy network.

[gldstwmn]

in this day and age of kissing the ass (And worshiping the ass...) of celebrities I am also surprised she received any time.

I guess if you have the money you can ALMOST get away with anything nowadays (Right O.J.???)

That case was never about the money. It was about black and white and the Rodney King verdict. It does take big bucks to hire Johnnie Cochrane though.

[estranged4life]

That case was never about the money. It was about black and white and the Rodney King verdict. It does take big bucks to hire Johnnie Cochrane though.

black & white, I'm not...

OJ walked because the money talked! OJ Simpson-poster boy for living in denial!

[gldstwmn]

black & white, I'm not...

OJ walked because the money talked! OJ Simpson-poster boy for living in denial!

If the trial in had been held in Santa Monica, I'd be inclined to agree with you. However, it was held downtown. He got off because the majority balck jury let him off as a payback for the Rodney King verdict. Some of them openly admitted that they were pissed off about him marrying a white woman and came dangerously close to saying she deserved it.

[estranged4life]

If the trial in had been held in Santa Monica, I'd be inclined to agree with you. However, it was held downtown. He got off because the majority black jury let him off as a payback for the Rodney King verdict. Some of them openly admitted that they were pissed off about him marrying a white woman and came dangerously close to saying she deserved it.

I agree (About jurors being po'd about OJ married a white woman)...

But hiring the attorneys he hired had to take alot of $$$, More than he probably ever had (Poor F.Lee Bailey, he went to prison...Boo-frikkedy-doo for that assmunch)

[darklinensuit]

They're obviously making an example of her.

- Jake

[diamondsnake]

she will have it easy since Federal prisons are nothing more than glorified "Country Clubs", For convicts.

I would hardly call prison a country club! I feel really bad for Martha- I could not handle jail so how on earth is a domestic diva like that going to handle it? I just feel sick thinking about prison. :distress:

[estranged4life]

prisons are more laxed than compared to a state ran prison...That is why people say "Federal prison is like a country club".

[darklinensuit]

I would hardly call prison a country club! I feel really bad for Martha- I could not handle jail so how on earth is a domestic diva like that going to handle it? I just feel sick thinking about prison. :distress:

"Decorator of the world...The forgotten Martha Stew...Through a window all our sorrows would become our only vision..." Don't mean to make light, I just think Martha is more than strong enough to handle five months, even if she doesn't deserve it. She'll be fine when she's out, maybe write a tell-all book.

- Jake

[estranged4life]

"Decorator of the world...The forgotten Martha Stew...Through a window all our sorrows would become our only vision..." Don't mean to make light, I just think Martha is more than strong enough to handle five months, even if she doesn't deserve it. She'll be fine when she's out, maybe write a tell-all book.

- Jake

she is strong enough to handle 5 months in Federal easily...The 5 months house-arrest with conditions is actually the thing that will drive her nuts.

[gldstwmn]

she is strong enough to handle 5 months in Federal easily...The 5 months house-arrest with conditions is actually the thing that will drive her nuts.

:nod: :nod: :nod: don't be surprised if she starts going to a lot of funerals like Uncle Junior on The Sopranos. :laugh:

[estranged4life]

:nod: :nod: :nod: don't be surprised if she starts going to a lot of funerals like Uncle Junior on The Sopranos. :laugh:

Uncle June rules...:laugh:

[Jason T.]

I don't think she should serve any jail time. She was wrong, but she's not a violent criminal, nor is she a threat to anyone's life or safety. Our jails are overcrowded as it is. :mad: I think she should have gotten community service, a fine, and probation.

I agree, I mean, seriously, there's people out there doing crap that makes Martha's case and others like it seem meaningless. The whole problem here is the media flood... :distress:

[gldstwmn]

Bush dumped about $850,000 in Harken Energy stock right before that company imploded without anyone so much as raising an eyebrow.

[DeeGeMe]

And look how long it took for the feds to indict Kenny-boy Lay--Shrubbie's good buddy & heavy repug campaign donator. Hmm. . . . Martha screwed her ownself out of millions while Ken Lay screwed millions out of millions. She's arrested, tried, and convincted in less time than it took them to get around to even indicting Ken Lay. Now just wonder why that is exactly?

[dissention]

Good god, she's not going to prison, people.

She's been granted a stay, meaning that she won't have to even begin her five months in jail until ALL of her appeals are exhausted. And she will be granted a new trial. The charge of her trying to pull a fast one on her stockholders by proclaiming her innocence publicly was thrown out by the judge, but only at the end of the trial before the jury deliberated. That means that the prosecutors still presented all of the evidence pertaining to that charge, and it was even in their opening and closing statements. That alone is enough to warrant a new trial, but add to that the fact that one of the governments witness is being prosecuted for perjury when he testified and the most outspoken juror lied to get on the jury.

ALSO - during the five months of house arrest, the judge ruled that she will not have to wear an alarm and that she can work five days a week.

Martha's fine.

[dissention]

Martha screwed her ownself out of millions

After her sentence yesterday, her stock soared and she made a personal profit of $90 million. :eek:

[gldstwmn]

She's going to be on Larry King Live Monday night. Should be good.

[GardenStateGirlie]

Good god, she's not going to prison, people.

She's been granted a stay, meaning that she won't have to even begin her five months in jail until ALL of her appeals are exhausted. And she will be granted a new trial. The charge of her trying to pull a fast one on her stockholders by proclaiming her innocence publicly was thrown out by the judge, but only at the end of the trial before the jury deliberated. That means that the prosecutors still presented all of the evidence pertaining to that charge, and it was even in their opening and closing statements. That alone is enough to warrant a new trial, but add to that the fact that one of the governments witness is being prosecuted for perjury when he testified and the most outspoken juror lied to get on the jury.

ALSO - during the five months of house arrest, the judge ruled that she will not have to wear an alarm and that she can work five days a week.

Martha's fine.

It doesn't matter whether or not she's going...and she certainly should not and I don't think she will...It's more so the fact that she had to go through all of this BS to begin with.

[amber]

thank goodness she will be locked up...i...i just wouldn't feel safe every day knowing that she is running around the Hamptons, free. :lol:
Amber

[dissention]

It doesn't matter whether or not she's going...and she certainly should not and I don't think she will...It's more so the fact that she had to go through all of this BS to begin with.

I agree. :nod: It was a witch hunt from the beginning and everyone knows it.