Reuters:
Imprisoned former WorldCom Inc chief Bernard Ebbers has joined the list of high-profile corporate defendants petitioning for clemency in the final days of President George W. Bush's term in office.
Ebbers, convicted of orchestrating an $11 billion accounting fraud, joins former publishing mogul Conrad Black and 1980s-era financier Michael Milken in seeking clemency.
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Shameful move on Ebbers' part and a hundred fold so if Bush should pardon him.
Are you kidding me?? As if the last eight years weren’t insult enough - this would be one of Bush’s final acts of stupidity. Bernie Ebbers is right where he belongs! It was very apparent Bernie was in over his head when he purchased a very solid MCI. It only took him a few short years to destroy the empire that I worked for for 20 years. Hey Bernie - if you get released, I’ll be waiting for you outside the gates of prison, please have my 401k reimbursement money ready. Perhaps once you give me a 500k cashiers check (sorry, no personal checks accepted) to make up for your arrogance and stupidity, I might start the process of forgiveness. On a bright note, now that Bernie and Scott are no longer bleeding us dry, we have a coffee budget again.
The problem is that Bush does not know the meaning of word "clemency". He things it is some fancy see food.
I'm OK if Dubya commutes his sentence.
To 30 days.
In the electric chair.
Let's compromise. Bernie gets fresh bread & fresh water for Xmas.
He's a business man who wrecked a company, stole billions of dollars, caused lot's of people to lose their jobs and pensions. Of course Bush will pardon him.
lol...funny because it's so true.
Infuriating because it'll happen.
We need to get rid of this presidential pardon, clemency, and sentence commutation crap. If people break the law, they should serve their time. Anyways, Bush should be in court defending himself instead of letting people off the hook.
Absolutely!
Had someone bothered to impeach the current president, that might have prevented some of Bush's cronies from getting clemency ...
I totally agree. It is crap and should be stopped.
The fact he can even petition for release is an insult to all the people he hurt. Then again, I would have no problem if he got out with the result being that his financial sheet was reduced to zero and I mean zero.
If that was his only choice I'd like to see if he still would want to be released.
I wouldn't be surprised if Bush pardoned him.
The man has no virtues or values, so what's another criminal let free?
LET HIM EAT....BREAD AND WATER.
No,... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... no,.... Friggin' way this should be allowed to happen.
Ebbers screwed people out of Billions of dollars.
But he is a rich white Republican,... so it must really not have been that bad,.....
:P
Ebbers= Planet of the Apes
No Friggin Way
They can join KEN LAY in Uruguay and prentend to be dead. lol
No frippin' way.
I don't think so.
Keep him in.
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First Posted: 12- 3-08 08:36 PM | Updated: 01- 3-09 05:12 AM