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Martha Stewart Ordered to West Virginia Prison
WestportNow ^ | September 29, 2004

Posted on 09/29/2004 7:48:42 AM PDT by Dog Gone

Westport's Martha Stewart has been ordered to report to a prison in West Virginia to serve her five-month term, a source close to Stewart said today.

Stewart had hoped to serve her time in Danbury so she could be close to her 90-year-old mother, or in a prison facility in Florida where there are good transporation links.

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons told Stewart last week to report to jail by Oct. 8. The source said Stewart had been told to report to the federal prison camp for women in Alderson, W. Va.

Stewart's lawyer, in a Sept. 15 letter to a federal judge requesting she be allowing to serve her sentence for obstruction of justice as soon as possible, specifically asked that she not been assigned to Alderson because it is not readily accessible by air or rail.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: almostheaven; itsagoodthing; marthastewart; mountainmama; stewart
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To: Old Professer

Federal Prison Camps do not have any walls or fences, so an inmate could walk out virtually any time they please.


81 posted on 09/29/2004 10:46:49 AM PDT by Guillermo (It's tough being a Miami Dolphins fan)
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To: asgardshill

I'm so tired of the Martha Stewart jokes. She's going to jail for doing what thousands of white males do every single day in America. I'm not saying it's right, I'm saying she was prosecuted for who she is. Why anyone would laugh at someone else's misfortune, esepcially someone who has contributed so much to the happiness of the family and the home, is foreign to me.


82 posted on 09/29/2004 10:51:48 AM PDT by Hildy (The really great men are always simple and true)
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To: Guillermo
Previous attempts to escape from Alderson
83 posted on 09/29/2004 10:53:02 AM PDT by Old Professer (The Truth always gets lost in the Noise.)
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To: Dog Gone

Hey, look on the bright side. Alderson is a hop, skip and a jump from the Greenbriar.


84 posted on 09/29/2004 10:56:55 AM PDT by Darnright
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To: Dog Gone
I hear this prison is affectionately called, "Camp Cupcake" for its soft treatment of inmates.

How long after Martha gets out of the place will she be preparing "Camp Cupcake" cupcakes?

85 posted on 09/29/2004 10:57:14 AM PDT by beyond the sea (ab9usa4uandme)
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To: fortunecookie
Wow. Her request for Danbury, as a short-term, first-time, non-violent offender was not unreasonable.

I've read that Danbury is already overcrowded. should the Dept of Prisons be required to move prisoners around the country to meet Martha's desires? I don't think so.

87 posted on 09/29/2004 11:02:48 AM PDT by RJL
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To: RJL

Well, of course not, they aren't beholden to anyone. I wasn't suggesting that. It is punishment, afterall. Was Danbury the only minimum security prison in the NE area, other than WV? Prisoners are routinely moved around and overcrowding is rampant, are others waiting to serve their time, too? She seems singled out in certain ways.


88 posted on 09/29/2004 11:09:49 AM PDT by fortunecookie (My grandparents didn't flee communism so that I could live in Kerry's Kommune.)
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To: ZULU

In WV, she will be doing public service.....


89 posted on 09/29/2004 12:01:36 PM PDT by samanella ((Proud member of the vast right wing conspiracy-all my bumper stickers say so))
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To: Hildy
She's going to jail for doing what thousands of white males do every single day in America.

Insider trading is not even a crime in Europe, from what I understand. Profiting from your knowledge is just the way the game is played.

90 posted on 09/29/2004 12:24:43 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves
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To: Darnright
Alderson is a hop, skip and a jump from the Greenbriar.

And they have those great cooking schools there. Perhaps Martha could get a furlough to serve as "sous chef" now and then.

91 posted on 09/29/2004 12:28:52 PM PDT by mountaineer
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To: Mr. Jeeves
Insider trading is not even a crime in Europe

Too bad for Martha she profited from her insider knowledge in the USA, where her acts are criminal, however, something she - a former licensed stockbroker - knew full well.

92 posted on 09/29/2004 12:31:34 PM PDT by mountaineer
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To: countrydummy

"Hahahaahahaaaha!!!!!!! Hinton, WV.......30 min! lol lol"

It is Pretty there, I started college at Concord. Doesn't Hinton have a lot of wicka activity there. Plus quite a few terrorist cells if I remember correctly.


93 posted on 09/29/2004 12:35:22 PM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
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To: mountaineer

So you're saying that the THOUSANDS of others who do so don't know...Captains of Industry and POLITICIANS? Terry McCauliffe and Hillary Clinton? They didn't know? OK, she got caught and she's going to do her time. But the whipping this woman is taking is Un-American. And it doesn't become Free Republic because it boils down to class envy, plain and simple.


94 posted on 09/29/2004 12:42:12 PM PDT by Hildy (The really great men are always simple and true)
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To: GottaLuvAkitas1
Thanks! New River.......and Greenbriar River's!
95 posted on 09/29/2004 12:49:03 PM PDT by countrydummy (#RIGHTALK.. http://www.rightalk.com)
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To: buffyt

The lesson is: Don't talk to fedgoons.


96 posted on 09/29/2004 12:51:12 PM PDT by society-by-contract
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To: countrydummy

LOL I raft on the New every year. Are you from WV? I live in Richmond.


97 posted on 09/29/2004 12:52:04 PM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
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To: Hildy

My prior post was not a comment on the merits of the law or whether Martha has been treated differently from anyone else. If a criminal law is in effect, however, I do believe that those who violate it should be prosecuted justly, whether Martha Stewart, politician or business executive. As licensed (or formerly licensed) stockbrokers, Stewart and Bacanovic hardly can be termed ignorant of securities law and the consequences - including a possible prison term - of breaking it.


98 posted on 09/29/2004 12:53:40 PM PDT by mountaineer
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To: GottaLuvAkitas1

Hinton, WV!


99 posted on 09/29/2004 12:55:00 PM PDT by countrydummy (#RIGHTALK.. http://www.rightalk.com)
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To: countrydummy

Hinton, WV!

LOL Ok I'm having a blonde moment.


100 posted on 09/29/2004 12:56:27 PM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
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