Martha Stewart's Conspiracy

she knew her company Martha Stewart living Omni media would see a negative impact because it was associated with ImClone, so she sold some of her shares and because of that she was charged with manipulating the price of the stock of he own company. But by expressing her innocence that was charge was later thrown out (McGee, 2008). Ultimately she was guilty for everything, but the primary legal issues were from Stewarts conspiracy to defraud the investigators. The verdict, “ Martha Stewart was convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice in an insider trading case in 2004, and her punishment was five-months jail sentence, five-month house arrest two-year probation, and a $30,000 fine” (Source). Many believed her sentence was too lenient.
They believed they were out to get her because she was a celebrity. If it was anyone else, they would either let it go or they would have punished them more. According to other researchers and prosecutors, they believed Martha got lucky. “it has been realized that a celebrity, a wealthy business person, or a political leader can get off more easily and die to their ability to pay the jail-out, they usually od not get the suffering they should feel and deserve in the prison life, instead they pay the find demanded and exchange in small stiff cell bed in jail for a $10,000 cushion at the privacy and safety of their own home while watching their favorite TV show and having an expensive snack” (source). Martha was able to pay her out because she had the money Bututs argued that it is not fair, because poorer people couldn’t afford nearly as much as Ms. Stewart. It makes sense though. As Robert Blakc (Barreta) use to say, “Don’t od the crime, if you can’t do the time.” Everyone, rich or poor, should pay the same amount and jail time should be the
The ethical presumption is that they believe money is above everything because well that’s why they are rich. “And if they value money above all, then the rich must be unethical and bad people, because the pursuit of wealth is not on anyone’s list of moral or ethical values” (Ethics). In this case of Martha Stewart, it wasn’t about becoming rich, but breaking the law to become richer. We think about poor people stealing bread for their family, but rich people are generally unethical because they try to get away, knowing that they can pay the