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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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19 June 2003 - 3:39 pm
Okay, I'm still upset by this Martha Stewart trial. To quote from today's New York Times, "Ms. Stewart is also accused of... asserting that she was innocent of any wrongdoing and was cooperating with investigators. The government contends that these assertions were false." The prosecutors are, in essence, trying her for claiming to be innocent. They are bundling it in a charge of propping up her stock value with this statements, but the fact remains that the crime she is being charged with is the crime of claiming to be innocent. (She wasn't actually charged on any of the insider trading counts, only lying about her innocence after the fact.) I wonder if "innocent until proven guilty" has any meaning to the US Attorney?
Posted by on 19 June 2003 at 3:39 PM
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