Martha gets her just desserts. (Pun intended.)
 

I read on CNN.com that Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison! How do you like them apples?

it's a good thing
;)

Now she'll spend that time decorating her jail cell!

Really? I feel bad for her. :(

5 months is a light sentence for what she did actually.

I think it's good that they threw the book at her. It may increase awareness in the investment community that it's not "a good thing" to get caught in these sorts of transactions.

On the other side of things, she'd probably be a free woman right now if she weren't Martha Stewart.

I was driving into work this morning and they played a soundbite from out in front of the court house and she walked in for her sentencing. People were cheering and yelling. I was trying to figure out how many of them were supporters and how many were heckling her. Might have been half and half because one voice clearly yelled "Hold your head up high Martha!" It was funny stuff though.

She's not even repentant and thinks it's all OK.

-Rudey

I am so glad that I am not near the courthouses today. I went down there a few times during the trial and the media presence was overwhelming. There were dozens of reporters, cameramen, photographers, etc. It was crazy. I didn't see any fans or detractors, but they might have been there.

I still feel bad for her. My bf does not, but that's because he used to work for her. She used to scream profanities almost daily.

It's definitely a good thing. I was hoping for a longer sentence for her, but at least this could send some sort of message.

I wonder if she'll show the other inmates new techniques for tossing salad?

OMG you went there! :eek:

Wrong!




But funny as all hell.

5 months....that's it?

she'll be out in time for a Christmas special.....whoopty.

she also has 5 months of house arrest though, i heard it on the radio.

Anyone know when her sentence begins?

Someone actually asked me today what I thought and I promptly responded with "I dont care". Seriously, I dotn own Omnimedia or Imclone. I dotn watch her show, and dont care for pastries. So I could care less.

My only comment is STOLEN (yes Rudy) from Crossfire today. If its illegal for citizens to lie to the government, then why isnt it illegal for the governement to lie to its citizens, and why arent George Bush and Dick Cheney in jail for lying to us about WMD's in Iraq?

I think it's a bad idea. There are much better punishments that could have been given. But minimum sentence requirements were in effect.

I was kind of confused that she was convicted about lying about an ilegal event they never proved took place :)

Supposedly she made 50 grand on the transaction. It probbaly cost the government millions to prosecute.

I hate this unrepentant bitch so much.

-Rudey

I'm kind of confused about that as well.

It also cost 200 people their jobs at OmniMedia, Martha Stewart's company. The negative press drove down business and the stock, so they had to lay off about 200 people. That is really sad.

Watch for the "Martha, Making it Better Behind Bars" special on CBS during the February ratings sweep.

I think it's probably good that she was given some jail time -- if she ever serves it after all of the appeals.

On a side note, a guy I know was in charge of working with her during the last time CBS had the Winter Olympics and says she is a bi-ch on wheels. Which, of course, has nothing to do with the case.

Does anyone know where she will serve her 5 months? club fed?where?

I seriously doubt she will get an appeal

NBC reported tonight that she has asked to serve the time in a Federal facility somewhere in Connecticut (can't remember where -- perhaps Danbury?) so she can be close to home.

They also reported she will appeal, but that Federal decisions in this kind of case are seldom overturned.

All I want is a damn apology and an acceptance of responsibility. She acts like she did nothing. She lied. As a result of her lies people were hurt. Her shareholders, ordinary people, were hurt.

She's on TV acting like she's been sooooo hurt and that everyone is being unfair to her because she's a woman and the best part is that because she had a successful show that was a better alternative than other programming, that the judge should give her leniency.

This rat got the minimum. It is crap like this that makes me want to leave the country. Fricking corrupt people.

-Rudey
--And you know what else? The next country I go to I'd find even more corrupt people!

Her tens of fans must be crushed

Here, here!!

Anyway, I'm very afraid of the idea of M.S. on HOUSE ARREST!!! LAWD! She's going to finally go crazy. When they release her, we'll all see the horror that will have become her home. Watch her turn bad and create a "brothel motif" in her bedroom or something. Teeheehee!

:rolleyes: She's going to live it up on the taxpayer's dollar as all celebrity prisoners do. You know what I don't get. Why don't we have all the prisoners WORK for what they have. I mean, they want cable TV, lights, food, bedding, etc? Let them work for the state so WE don't have to pay for them and get nothing in return. It makes absolutely no sense! When I worked at a city jail (not even a big fancy state prison), they had it so good that I seriously wouldn't have minded spending some time there myself.

The worst thing they had to deal with was these little orange crescent dealies with a pad on them that served as a bed before the inmates were booked. Whatever...

ETA: I'm sicker than I thought! My grammar and all is horrendous! My apologies.

Who says they lied?

-Rudey

So I wonder if she's going to bring her camera crew home with her while she's serving the house arrest. Martha Stewert Living: Living in Martha Stewert's home...

I seriously LOLed at this post!!! This whole thread is hilarious!

Actually, most federal prisoners are put to work for UNICOR, the federal prison industry conglomerate. Most government-issue furniture and bedding is made by prisoners (I refuse to use the term 'inmates'). More info at http://www.unicor.gov/

I wonder if she is going to be someone's bitch. :D

There is a federal prison for women in Danbury. It's right across the street from an elementary school. :rolleyes: I figure she will probably end up there.

By the time she's served her time, there will be gourmet meals in the prison cafeteria and lots of little decorative pillows on the inmates' beds. :p

And little flower boxes outside each "cell" window.

Then why are taxpayers still being charged for the basics? It just doesn't make sense! And, it would be wonderful to have town, city, county and state prisoners on this same program!!!

ETA: I'm particularly disgusted when I hear people use the phrase "3 hots and a cot" or something to that effect. Some people really don't care. BTW, what connotation does "inmate" have for you?

Gee, do you think she's maybe just a little full of herself?

"In her first interview after a federal judge sentenced her to five months in prison, Martha Stewart told Barbara Walters that she cheated no one and compared her ordeal to that of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela."

Give me a break!

I hope they put her in prison for just as long as Mandela.

-Rudey

That's ridiculous! I can't even believe she would make the comparison!:mad: