January 30, 2005

Ex-Enron CEOs go on trial this week

As the trial of Enron chief executives Kenney Lay and Jeffrey Skilling gets underway this week, former employees who saw their retirement savings disappear in the collapse of the company will be watching with great interest. As with any crime, the victims will have a natural desire for justice and vengeance, observed Stuart Henry, chairman of the Interdisciplinary Studies Department at WSU. But even if they get what they want, "it leaves an emptiness at the end of the day," Henry said. "It doesn't close the wounds."

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