Jeffrey Skilling’s day in court will come to an end. Responding to a federal appeals court mandate, lawyers for former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling and the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday reached an agreement that could knock a decade off the disgraced CEO’s 24-year sentence. Skilling, 59, was convicted in 2006 of conspiracy, securities fraud, [...]
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Skilling might get a sentence reduction
But don’t expect him to get out of jail anytime soon. Attorneys for former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling and the Department of Justice are discussing an agreement to reduce his prison time and possibly avert a drawn-out court battle. Those involved didn’t disclose Thursday how much his 24-year sentence might be shortened through a settlement, [...]
Skilling asks for new trial
Good luck with that. Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s appellate battle apparently will continue with what his attorney says is “newly discovered evidence.” In a motion for a time extension filed last week, Daniel Petrocelli asked to have until August 17 to submit Skilling’s latest brief. The two-page motion refers to Skilling’s intent to ask [...]
Enron, ten years after
Ten years ago today, on December 2, 2001, Enron officially collapsed. Apparently, you can buy some memorabilia cheap on eBay, which is fitting in a weird way. The Chron had a bunch of Enron look-back stories on Sunday to commemorate. Where are all of the defendants now? With the exception of Jeff Skilling, they’re all [...]
Skilling conviction upheld
Some Enron news for you: A U.S. Supreme Court decision does not undo any of the convictions against former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, but his case should still be sent back to a Houston judge for resentencing, an appeals court said on Wednesday. Last June the Supreme Court ruled that one of the theories behind [...]
Skilling’s appeal goes to SCOTUS
Jeff Skilling, the former CEO of Enron now serving jail time after being convicted on multiple charges stemming from that debacle, gets his day in the Supreme Court. Skilling now asks the court to grapple with two issues about the four-month trial. One is whether Houston was the right place for it. Skilling argues that [...]