It's my read that she was so very arrogant that she pissed off the wrong people.
Classic case of "what goes around." She got what she deserved morally, not legally, as you pointed out.
Cosmic justice for Ms. Martha. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving maven.
I'd rather see cosmic justice for Al Gore and all the other global warming crooks, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
I subscribed to her magazine when she was in prison as a show of support; I also thought the incarceration was wack. But when she publicly bashed Dubya after she got out, I took great pleasure in cancelling my subscription.