In a manner that has the advantage of being fool-proof and the disadvantage of being quite permanent:
HOUSTON — Enron Corp. founder Ken Lay, who was convicted last month of fraud and conspiracy for his part in the Houston-based company’s collapse into bankruptcy in 2001, has died of a heart attack at his vacation home in Colorado, a Houston television station reported on Wednesday
July 5th, 2006 at 10:46 am
I just read that too. He was 64. If he had gotten the full 40 years possible, he would likely have died in prison.
It is odd the way things happen sometimes….I think that a lot of people in the business world wanted to see him punished (particularly lower level employees & stockholders). Anyway, I am sure that at that age the very thought of an extended stay in prison was absolutely excrutiating.
July 5th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
They slipped him something…