[Utah]

It is pretty clear that Kozlowski is a greedy scumbag. However, I have serious doubts about whether he did anything criminal and I doubt he deserves 30 years for his behavior.

I am sure that the company and the board were well aware of his spending and they were fine with it. I think it was easy for the prosecution to paint any picture after the fact and it would be really easy to play to the jury's emotions, especially in the post Enron days. Additionally, it would aslo be easy for the board to now say - "oh geez, we had no idea" - to cover their own ass. There is no way he spent money like he did without everyone knowing.

It is quite possible that Kozlowski just got completely screwed.