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Supreme Court Agrees to Review Enron Executive's Conviction

Source: Washington Post
Washington : DC : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Skilling's conviction to see if he received a fair trial in the hothouse atmosphere of Houston following the collapse of the nation's seventh largest company in 2001. It will also consider whether federal prosecutors properly applied the "honest services" statute that led to Skilling's conviction...
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    The court said Tuesday it will hear Skilling's appeal of lower court rulings that upheld all 19 of his 2006 convictions of conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading and lying to auditors involving the 2001 collapse of Enron.
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