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Topic: Criminal Sentencing and Punishment

  
NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS   |  Comment

Set for Life


Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 13, 2006 at 6:14 PM

This Wednesday became Day One in ex-Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling's 24-year sentence for securities fraud, insider trading, and making false claims to auditors. According to prison officials, Skilling, 53, entered the Federal ...READ»

ENTERTAINMENT   |  Comment

CEOs in the Slammer

BY Angus Loten
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:25 AM

This year, a record number of CEOs were ousted. Some were fired, some retired, and some even died. But a great number were also sent to prison, like the CEOs of Enron and WorldCom. What happens to company leaders when they run roughshod over their corporations?READ»

BAY VIEW LAW   |  Comment

Deadbeat - Bay View Law

BY Bay View Law
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Nov 2, 2009 at 3:18 PM

Deadbeat - Bay View Law DEADBEAT - We did Internet work for bay view law to hide all their complaints and they screwed us too. scumbags. All states prohibit operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. In most states, these offenses are called DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) or DUI (Driving Under the Influence). Other states term these offenses either OUI (Operating Under the Influence) or OMVI (Operating a Motor Vehicle while Intoxicated). Despite the different terminology, most states’ laws are very similar, with violations often resulting in fines, jail time, probation and even driver’s license suspension. Every state’s legal limit for intoxication is .08 blood alcohol content (BAC). READ»

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CREATIVITY   |  Comment

Escaping Your Inner Mental Prison

BY Dr. Alex Pattakos
Relevancy Score: 100
Thu Nov 5, 2009 at 1:45 PM

"Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now," the world-renown psychiatrist and author of the classic bestseller, Man's Search for Meaning, ...READ»

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Between the Lines

BY Fast Company
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:37 AM

The stories behind this issue's storiesREAD»

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From the Penthouse to the Big House

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:36 AM

David Novak did time as a white-collar crook at Eglin Federal Prison Camp, aka Club Fed. Now he advises first-time felons on how to survive life on the inside. Hey, Ken and Jeff (and Bernie and Sam and Dennis), would you like his number?READ»

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Welcome to Club Fed

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 100
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:42 AM

David Novak made 11 cents an hour baking bread during his stay at Eglin Federal Prison Camp in Florida. Now he makes a nice living advising white-collar felons on what to expect on the inside. Read on. It might keep your CEO scared straight.READ»

Kenan Samms
MERCK & CO.   |  Comment

Merck’s Ken Frazier Volunteered and Saved a Life

BY Alice Korngold
Relevancy Score: 93
Sun Apr 5, 2009 at 12:05 PM

“I am not going to let him die,” Kenneth C. Frazier insisted to Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) when he met James “Bo” Cochran in an Alabama state penitentiary. Cochran had ...READ»

HOWARD SCHOOR   |  Comment

Engineer gets no jail for paying ‘gratuity’

BY Howard Schoor
Relevancy Score: 89
Fri May 1, 2009 at 10:55 PM

Howard Schoor, 70, a founding member of the Schoor DePalma engineering firm, was sentenced in federal court on Feb. 10 to two years’ probation for paying a $15,000 “gratuity” to Stephen Kessler, the former chairman of the ...READ»

CHICAGO BANKRUPTCY   |  Comment

The Act of Vandalism – A Misdemeanor

BY Jay Fortier
Relevancy Score: 87
Wed Jul 1, 2009 at 3:52 PM

A misdemeanor may sound like it doesn't amount to much, but the criminal record that follows a person around isn't worth the hassle. READ»

NEWS + CURRENT EVENTS   |  1 comment

Not a Happy (Prison) Camper

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 83
Wed Mar 16, 2005 at 4:26 PM

Now that Bernard Ebbers has been convicted of fraud and other accounting shenanigans at WorldCom, the only real mystery is how much time he'll do (most likely around 25 years, according to federal sentencing guidelines) and where ...READ»

PHILANTHROPY   |  3 comments

Rising Star: Prison Entrepreneurship Program

BY Fast Company staff
Relevancy Score: 79
Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 3:08 PM

Catherine F. Rohr, CEO Houston, Texas pep.org A large percentage of inmates come to prison as seasoned entrepreneurs, having run highly successful enterprises such as drug rings and gangs. What if these influential leaders were ...READ»

WORK LIFE BALANCE   |  Comment

Leah Kane: The Victim

BY George Anders
Relevancy Score: 72
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:42 AM

Meet Leah Kane, a retired secretary from southern California who took on SL financier Charles Keating and won ... sort of. Here's how a victim of the U.S. bond scandal rallied an army of retirement-home residents to battle fraud at the highest level and teach the world a thing or two about justice.READ»

TECHNOLOGY + COMPUTERS   |  1 comment

Technology, Whiz

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 65
Wed Oct 1, 2003 at 11:13 AM

In our September issue, Scott Kirsner considered five technologies that will change the world. In the October Technology Review, science-fiction author Bruce Sterling identifies 10 technologies that "deserve to die." Among them: ...READ»

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT   |  Comment

There's Plenty for Everyone

BY Chuck Salter
Relevancy Score: 62
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:31 AM

Extreme JobsREAD»

BUSINESS BOOKS   |  2 comments

The Three Keys to Change

BY Alan Deutschman
Relevancy Score: 61
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 9:25 AM

In this excerpt from the introduction to his new book, Change or Die: The Three Keys to Change at Work and in Life, Alan Deutschman discusses the framework to successfully change yourself.READ»

CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER   |  Comment

The Crime of Murder in Texas

BY Daniel Wannamaker
Relevancy Score: 61
Thu Feb 5, 2009 at 4:38 PM

Murder isn't just plain and simple in Texas.READ»

How to Write a Book Proposal That Sells
VIRAL LOOP CHRONICLES   |  2 comments

How to Write a Book Proposal That Sells

BY Adam Penenberg
Relevancy Score: 60
Tue Nov 17, 2009 at 11:22 PM

Assuming you have an idea for a work that a reader would plunk down $25 for, how do you get the HarperCollinses and Hyperions of the world to publish it? [Viral Loop Chronicles Part 5]READ»

SACRAMENTO BUSINESS LAWYER   |  Comment

Tough as the Dickens California DUI Laws

BY Deborah Barron
Relevancy Score: 57
Fri Sep 18, 2009 at 10:47 AM

The most frequent violent crime committed in California is driving while under the influence of alcohol. The statistics are appalling.READ»

GENERATIONAL EQUITY   |  Comment

About Generational Equity

BY generational equity Generational Equity
Relevancy Score: 54
Mon Nov 16, 2009 at 5:03 AM

Generational EquityREAD»

PHILANTHROPY   |  Comment

Social Justice - Pioneer Human Services

BY Cheryl Dahle
Relevancy Score: 54
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 12:14 AM

"We've got two bottom lines -- the money and the mission."READ»

CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER   |  Comment

An Aggravating Crime

BY Daniel Wannamaker
Relevancy Score: 52
Thu Apr 16, 2009 at 1:04 PM

There is a "regular crime" then there is an "aggravated crime," but what does this mean in the scheme of the American justice system?READ»

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SPAM   |  8 comments

Facebook Finally Strikes It Rich -- in Court

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 51
Fri Oct 30, 2009 at 3:07 PM

Three imbeciles who exploited stolen Facebook accounts to send spam were fined $711 million in damages on Thursday, payable to Facebook. Sanford Wallace, Adam Arzoomanian, and Scott Shaw allegedly stole login credentials for ...READ»

ETHICS   |  1 comment

One Down: How Many More to Go?


Relevancy Score: 50
Thu Sep 11, 2003 at 10:13 AM

In getting ex-Enron treasurer Ben Glisan to plead guilty yesterday, the feds nailed the first Enron crook. Glisan, 37, was sentenced to five years in jail and three years of probation. How many more Enron thieves are likely to go? ...READ»

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WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE   |  1 comment

On Determining Our Leadership: Why Women Have a Responsibility to Vote

BY Julie Sue Auslander
Relevancy Score: 47
Wed Oct 29, 2008 at 12:38 PM

This is the story of our grandmothers and greatgrandmothers; they lived only 90 years ago. Remember, it was not until 1920 that women were granted the right to go to the polls and vote. The women were innocent and defenseless, but ...READ»

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