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Former Enron CEO (Jeffrey Skilling) files high court appeal
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Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling has asked the Supreme Court to overturn his 2006 conviction for securities fraud, his attorney told CNN.

In a 50-page petition filed Monday, Skilling’s attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, said “pervasive media coverage” prevented his client from receiving a fair trial from a Houston jury.

“The widespread, persistent, and scathing demonization of Skilling by the Houston media far exceeded the editorial commentary” allowed by the high court in similar cases, said the appeal. Questionnaires submitted by potential jurors “confirmed the breadth and intensity of the hostility toward Skilling.”

Read more: http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/11/former-enron-ceo-files-high-court-appeal/
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