Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling were convicted today on charges of fraud and conspiracy.

Does this mean we should start selling our Enron stock?

For those of you playing the home version of our , those big numbers in the pictures reflect their indictment counts.

“Obviously, I’m disappointed,” Mr. Skilling said as he left the courthouse, “but that’s the way the system works.”

Yes, that’s the way it works, wrongs are righted and the guilty are punished after their usefulness is spent.

“Enron Chiefs Guilty of Fraud and Conspiracy” [NYT]

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