Jeffrey Skilling after his October 2006 conviction on 19 counts related to the collapse of energy giant Enron.
Jeffrey Skilling after his October 2006 conviction on 19 counts related to the collapse of energy giant Enron.
Jeffrey K. Skilling who was convicted on fraud and other charges related to the collapse of one-time energy colossus Enron will have another day in court, this time the U.S. Supreme Court, which agreed to hear his appeal.
Among the problems Skilling claims occurred during his 2006 trial was intense negative pretrial news coverage which he said made it impossible for him to receive a fair trial.
Skilling, who was Enron's president and also at different times served as its chief operating and executive officers, also claimed he was unfairly convicted under the "honest services" fraud statute. That statute was used by federal prosecutors who charged him with depriving shareholders of his honest services.
The "honest service" charge was one of 19 counts on which he was convicted. He is currently serving a 24-year term at the Federal Correctional Institution in Englewood, Colo.
The Justice Department unsuccessfully argued against the high-court review, arguing that Skilling had indeed received a fair trial.
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