Jeff Skilling just can't stay out of the news. The convicted former CEO of Enron, a tainted company if there ever was one, had another day in court recently. He's serving a 24-year sentence and doing his best to get that reduced. He may have succeeded.
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans recently denied Skilling's request to overturn the convictions. But the judges also ruled that a mistake was made at his sentencing back in 2006. They ordered the former Enron chief to be resentenced. But most agree, according to the Washington Post, that at most he'll get "a few years shaved off his sentence." No one thinks he's going to walk. He'll likely appeal.
For more:
- here's the Post article
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