Martha Stewart Gets 5 Months in Prison

[3afan2K3]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=&e=1&u=/ap/20040716/ap_on_bi_ge/martha_stewart

[kaorder1999]

good....maybe should get more

[Gobbla2001]

That's just lovely... Give her all of this time to sit here and think crap up just in time to be let out for the "Martha Stewert Christmas Special"...

That show's gunna be outrageous...

[District303aPastPlayer]

Originally posted by Gobbla2001
That's just lovely... Give her all of this time to sit here and think crap up just in time to be let out for the "Martha Stewert Christmas Special"...

That show's gunna be outrageous...

there is just something about martha in stripes... doin stuff in red and green.... that is just kind of disturbing

[kaorder1999]

got 5 months but how long do you think shell actually be there?

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by kaorder1999
got 5 months but how long do you think shell actually be there?

Maybe long enough to re-vamp the surroundings??

BEFORE
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v255/RangerMom1/2f6b82e7.bmp

AFTER
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v255/RangerMom1/b01feba7.bmp

[Ray_BearKat]

Just wondering...would yall have done the same thing in if yall were in her place?

[GS#17]

got 5 months but how long do you think shell actually be there?

She'll do 5 months. In the Federal system, you don't get good time credit unless you serve at least 12 months and 1 day (even with that, people still do about 85% of the sentence). I haven't read when she'll have to voluntarily surrender, but usually it takes about 90 days for a facility designation. In about a month or so, you can check out the Bureau of Prisons website (http://www.bop.gov) (go to inmate locator) and see her "in transit." Once she's designated, it will show where she will be serving and her projected release date.

[JasperDog94]

Originally posted by Gobbla2001
That's just lovely... Give her all of this time to sit here and think crap up just in time to be let out for the "Martha Stewert Christmas Special"...

That show's gunna be outrageous... Only if she does it from her house. She also got 5 months under "house arrest" for whatever that's worth.

[vfunk]

im sure her house is no prison though. Wonder if shes gonna have girlfriends or BE a "girlfriend"

[GS#17]

"House arrest" is basically a curfew. People can still work, go to church, shop, etc., while on house arrest. In other words, it's not a 24-7 confinement; however, it could be in certain cases. Most people on home confinement are on electronic monitoring (ankle or wrist bracelets), they have a probation officer conduct walk-throughs of their home/work, random curfew checks, and have other modes of supervision placed on them. It's no picnic, but it's not prison, either.

[aamove]

Martha Stewart in Prison ............................It's a good thing.:D

[BIG19]

I thnk she got off very easy. Look at the money that she made. 5 months in confinement, 5 months house arrest (can't be gone from the house for more than a 48 period from what I heard), and a fine. Just sounds like a slap on the hand to me. Why not make an example?

[kaorder1999]

i have a question...she was fined 30k also. Did she make more then 30k with her insider trading? or with this fine did she basically give it all back?

[sinton66]

I'd almost assume that with as "light" a sentence she received, the money had to be close to even.

[turbostud]

Don't drop the soap! Oh wait that doesnt apply to her. :D

[GS#17]

i have a question...she was fined 30k also. Did she make more then 30k with her insider trading? or with this fine did she basically give it all back?

The fine is separate from restitution, and she was fined the maximum amount allowable by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines (the range was $3,000 to $30,000). The fine serves as additional punishment, and is not related to any amount of profit she earned through her criminal activity. From what I've read, she reaped something like $50K in illegal profit (I'm not real sure on that amount, but it seems like it was somewhere in that ballpark). If she owes restitution, the $50K will be in addition to the $30K fine she has to pay, and she'll also have to pay $100 special assessments per count of conviction.