[Ready4Freddy]

He'll have to do ~20 years under current Fed guidelines, if his 24 years withstands appeal. His sentence was well within the Fed sentencing guidelines, and far less than what he could have received.

(Of course, I'm assuming that Skilling will be subjected to parole terms after a four-year confinement.)

[meandog]

He'll have to do ~20 years under current Fed guidelines, if his 24 years withstands appeal. His sentence was well within the Fed sentencing guidelines, and far less than what he could have received.

It still seems a bit harsh to me, considering that a drugged-up doper in this state would get just 7 years for armed robbery of a convenience store! True, the sentence for the doper would be in a tougher pen, than old Jeffy...but Skilling:
1. Wasn't alone in his bilking ENRON's pension plan,
2. He and Ken Lay believed the stock was going to right (doesn't excuse him) itself.
3. Has had to pay a hefty fine for crime too.