The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Friday, July 16, 2004  

STEWART SENTENCED
Publisher Gets Five Months in Prison

Just hitting the airwaves (via CNBC*): author and publisher Martha Stewart has been sentenced to five months’ prison time, two years of probation (including home confinement to just one home), and a comparatively modest fine.

The sentence was handed down moments ago in a New York federal court by U.S. District Court Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum.

Earlier today, CNBC, citing an attorney for Stewart, reported the publisher planned to read a brief statement before her sentencing.

Peter Bacanovic, the former Merrill Lynch & Co. broker tried with Stewart, will be sentenced this afternoon at 2:30 p.m.

*CNBC-TV, not the web site. Rittenhouse beat every major web site with this post.

[Post-publication addendum: Have you hit the Rittenhouse tip box lately? It’s sitting, awfully lonely, in the sidebar at right, under the heading “Summer Drive.” Thanks a million. No . . . thanks a few bucks.]

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