Judge denies Stewart's appeal for new sentence

[fryguy]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050411/ap_on_bi_ge/martha_stewart

NEW YORK - A federal judge Monday rejected Martha Stewart's bid to end her five months of house arrest early, calling her sentence "reasonable and appropriate."

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The homemaking maven also told the judge that serving the rest of her sentence would hamper production of her two upcoming television series — a daytime talk show and a new rendition of NBC's "The Apprentice."

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"Minor inconvenience to one's ability to star in a television show is an insufficient ground for resentencing," prosecutor Michael Schachter wrote in a letter to Cedarbaum earlier this month.

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[Mz Pip]

1. I doubt she's a flight risk

This is pretty silly. She's lost millions because of this conviction.

Not letting her out of her house a couple months early seems pretty petty in the grand scheme of things.

Mz Pip
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[Vinca]

2. Meanwhile, on the roads of Florida, pervs only have to check in

by phone before they set off to murder little girls. I'm not a fan of Martha's, but something's wrong with this picture.

[Bridget Burke]

3. And Ken Lay hasn't even seen the inside of a prison....

yet.

[Dogmudgeon]

4. But don't forget

Martha is a Democratic fund-raiser.

Mike Schachter's career prospects are looking better every day.

--p!