Robert Mintz
Robert Mintz
Robert Mintzwas a producer of the Frank Buck film serial Jungle Menace...
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We have not seen any glimpse of his legendary, hair- trigger temper or the arrogance that personified his conduct at Enron.
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It would be a mistake to confuse this with leniency. For these two former executives, even several years in a state prison will be a very long stretch of time.
convincing
Duncan wasn't all that convincing at the end of the day.
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Prosecutors have to show this was not simply bad management and bad judgment, but outright fraud. The only way to do that is with insiders.
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The test will be the conversations. Prosecutors need to clearly spell out a disconnect ? between what was presented inside and what was said outside to the public.
chance people
Sometimes people feel they have no choice. It's their one chance to tell their own story.
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It is certainly going to set the defense scrambling to restructure some of their tactics.
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Obviously they are taking a look at the evidence. They must be heavy into deliberations.
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Since these are the first two major corporate executives to take the government on at trial in the post-Enron era, it's critically important that the government emerge at the end of the day with a victory,
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When you look at how long the government has been preparing this case it is not surprising that they have not scrapped their plans and immediately embraced him as a critical witness.
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There is still no explosive evidence. Jurors will be expecting prosecutors to dissect their testimony with a scalpel.
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This trial schedule is a tacit acknowledgement that the case was far too complex for the jury to understand what was going on,
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The Government's only shot at convictions is to simplify this case.
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The government is trying to paint this as a clear case of right vs. wrong. What the defense is doing is suggesting this case is not nearly as black and white as the government is trying to suggest.