MSNBC is reporting...
>>>...And so the corruption pyramid collapses. More as soon as I have it..<<<</p>
Updated: 6:37 p.m. ET Dec 12, 2006
HOUSTON - A federal appellate court denied former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling’s request to remain free during his appeal Tuesday and ordered him imprisoned immediately.
>>>Anyone want to bet it is not the LAST of BUSHco, Inc to see the slammer???<<<<<</p>
Skilling denied bail during appeals process
Earlier ruling would have continued house arrest for ex-Enron CEO
Judge Patrick Higginbotham of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in his two-page order that "Skilling raises no substantial question that is likely to result in the reversal of his convictions on all of the charged counts."
As a result, Higginbotham denied Skilling’s request for bail pending his appeal and vacated an earlier order staying his prison report date.
Skilling is now required to report to a low-security federal prison in Waseca, Minn., to begin serving his 24-year sentence on 19 counts of conspiracy, fraud and insider trading. He originally was to report to prison Tuesday.
Skilling, 53, is expected to argue on appeal that his trial should have been moved from Houston to avoid negative publicity and that many witnesses who could have supported his defense were intimidated by the government’s refusal to grant them immunity and feared risking prosecution if they testified.
Skilling was convicted in May after a lengthy trial. U.S. District Judge Sim Lake sentenced him to 24 years and four months in prison. Lake later denied Skilling’s request to remain free on bond.
>>>I suspect that many of rats at Cheney's last employer might want to consider a house in a country WITHOUT an extradition treaty with ther USA.<<<</p>