Martha's Big House

Slate - By JoshLevin: "Martha, Martha, Martha: Newsweek puts the freshly convicted Martha Stewart on the cover and opines that the verdict represents "the new standard for judging all fat cats who don't play by the rules." Stewart apparently erred in rejecting a deal last April that would have let her get off with probation and retain a position in her eponymous corporation. There's also a sidebar on the Connecticut prison where she'll likely be sent, a minimum security facility that has a "gymnasium used for Pilates, yoga, dancersize or aerobics." … In an article that also discusses the legal mess facing executives of WorldCom, Tyco, and Adelphia, U.S. News notes that it could be years before Stewart, who plans to appeal her convictions, faces jail time. Time offers little analysis to go alongside a dated trial procedural. (Read Slate's latest Dispatches From the Martha Stewart Trial.)

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