"Fudge" > wrote in
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> Au Contraire.... Martha has been a sacrificial lamb. She only lied and
> stole 40K. There are Wall Street crooks out there that filched
> billions. Now, the gullible public can safely entrust their cash to
> Wall Street secure in the knowledge the guilty have been punished.

A nice analysis of her "crime":

http://harrybrowne.org/articles/MarthaStewart2.htm

The real criminals are the federal prosecutors, making big names for
themselves.