How did he escape? He died.

It is by no means assured that the two executives will spend significant time in prison, though commentators have generally agreed that the legal bases for their appeals are very limited. But, as one juror suggested, money has a way of solving such problems. There are additional factors at work--in particular, the close political connections that Lay and Skilling have with the political establishment in general and the Bush administration in particular. Lay, after all, was for a long time one of Bush's most important political supporters. He is certainly in possession of important information that could be damaging to powerful people. (For example, what exactly was discussed during Cheney's secret Energy Task Force meetings, in which Enron took part?).

How did he escape? He died.

Posted by Squeaky July 5, 2006 01:38 PM How did he escape? He died. Well in the movie version he had a double (enhanced with plastic surgery) who had a terminal illness. Lay paid the man's family $10 million to take the non-traceable heart attack drug. He is deep under the mountain in a secret bunker. After the heat dies down he will be off to Switzerland. He gets it in the end in a ski lift accident while trying to hide from Arnie who is hot on his trail. OK, the script does still need work.

Some of these responses are really bothering me. People still want to villify Lay even after he is dead.

Also, by continuing to bring up Lay's financial misdealings, you're appearing to worship the "almighty dollar"

but the autopsy was performed at Community Hospital in Grand Junction by Dr. Rob Kurtzman. Kurtzman is a certified forensic pathologist and not some run-of-the-mill yay-hoo country bumpkin.

Suit claims Rifle teen beaten Four youths, 2 parents cited in civil action .... Skyock suffered a fractured skull, several broken ribs, and scrape wounds on the backs of his hands and one shoulder after attending a late-night party in Rifle on Feb. 10, 2001. ..... An investigation determined he had attended a party. Blood alcohol tests showed Skyock was highly intoxicated at the time he was injured. ..... Dr. Rob Kurtzman, a forensic pathologist in Grand Junction, examined Skyock twice while he was in St. Mary's Hospital, took photographs of his injuries and examined the clothing Skyock had on when he was injured. ..... Rifle police had initially investigated Skyock's injuries as an assault, but Kurtzman determined the injuries were more consistent with "an individual who was intoxicated and had fallen." ..... Skyock's parents and the coalition of gay and lesbian rights groups, who are assisting in the filing the lawsuit, disagree with Kurtzman's findings. They sought a second opinion from Arapahoe County Coroner Dr. Michael Dobersen. Using reports and photographs supplied by an attorney for the Skyocks, Dobersen said he found Skyock's injuries more consistent with a beating.

$1.2 million in hate suit ... Teens, mom ordered to pay in 2001 beating of gay Rifle youth A federal judge awarded $1.2 million Thursday to an 18-year-old gay Rifle youth for a hate attack the judge called "worse than savage." ...... No one was prosecuted for the attack on Kyle Skyock. The family said a local medical examiner determined Skyock wasn't necessarily beaten and could have injured himself by falling. .... But a girl told the Skyock family that one of the youths who allegedly beat him was bragging about it on the school bus the next day.

"I dont think he faked his own death. The question of whether he faked his own life might be worth looking into though."

Coroner cites heart disease in Lay's death Kurtzman said he received a phone call Wednesday morning from the Pitkin County Coroner's Office, which asked him to perform a postmortem examination on Lay. Pitkin County Coroner Dr. Steve Ayers is out of town. .... By afternoon, Lay's body was en route to Farnum-Holt funeral home in Glenwood Springs. Pitkin County sheriff's deputies and a Basalt ambulance were called to the Old Snowmass home Lay was renting at 1:41 a.m. for a medical emergency, according to a news release from the sheriff's office. Lay was transported to Aspen Valley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:11 a.m. - "His heart simply gave out," said Steve Wende, Lay's pastor at Houston's First United Methodist Church. A vehicle took his to Grand Junction for an autopsy Wednesday afternoon.

He got the last laugh..his family is rich for generations to come.