While I am not usually one to pile on a dead person, Ken Lay was a scum bag who just got out of the lengthy prison sentance that he rightfully deserved. All of his assets should be siezed and his wife should be forced to start over from scratch.
Criminals like Lay and Skilling effected much more people than any street thug ever has. White collar crimes like these two pulled off are much more harmful to society than street crime. Thankfully the justice department has started handing out harsh sentances to these criminals. (in the interest of full disclosure, I had to pay outrageous energy costs due to Enron scamming California)
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I feel the same way. I also posted on this. You never - or almost never - feel happy about someone's death.
Quite honestly, I am indifferent about Lay. Some may think that justice was denied because Lay never went to prison. I tend to think it has been served - at least to some extent. No the guy did not die alone on he floor of a cold prison cell with a dilated sphincter, but he has suffered some. The last four years of the guys life have been a living hell. Now the dude is dead!
As for his assets, I agree. They should be seized and used to pay back - to whatever extent it is possible - all the people who had been screwed over by Lay's selfishness. If the assets are insufficient to pay the investors back - and they probably are - they could at least be used to pay the govt's legal costs for the Enron case. At least the tax payers will get some releif.
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