Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> > wrote in message >
>
>>Since you're such a righteous and stern law and order man you should
>>know that MS has NOT been convicted of insider trading. That charge
>>wasn't even brought against her by the feds.
>>Mac
>>
>
> IIRC, she was convicted of lying tot he SEC. My point is, she broke the law
> and is not above it because she is a celebrity, she its not above it because
> other have done worse. Neither are you, neither am I.
>
>

IIRC, she told the federal investigators she was innocent of insider
trading. Whether she was or not is irrelevant, she has a right to
not incriminate herself during an investigation, as all U.S. citizens
do via the 5th amendment to the U.S. Constitition. The jury was
apparently convinced she lied when she told the federal investigators
she was innocent and judged her guilty of lying to the investigators.
Seems like a blatent violation of her 5th amendment rights to me.

"Rich McCormack" > wrote in message


> The jury was
> apparently convinced she lied when she told the federal investigators
> she was innocent and judged her guilty of lying to the investigators.
> Seems like a blatent violation of her 5th amendment rights to me.
>

What violation? Taking the 5th does not make you innocent. It just allows
you to shut up if what you would say will incriminate you. I figure if
people are as innocent as they let on, they would not need to invoke the
5th. Sure, the was some call for blood, but mostly because of her
obstructionist ways. I don't think she or her lawyers handled it very well
from a publicity point of view.