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Updated: 12:11 PM Nov 6, 2007
Wittig, Lake Trial Pushed Back to Sept. '08
Judge grants defense an eight-month delay in the third trial for former Westar CEO David Wittig and former strategy officer Douglas Lake Posted: 12:11 PM Nov 6, 2007 |
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A federal judge has pushed back the third
trial for two former Westar Energy executives accused of conspiring
to rip off the utility.
Judge Julie Robinson Monday scheduled the trial to begin September 9th of next year instead of the original date of January 14th.
Former Westar CEO David Wittig and former strategy officer Douglas Lake face charges of conspiracy and circumventing internal controls at Westar.
Their first trial ended in a mistrial in 2004 while a jury convicted them in 2005 of wire fraud and money laundering. An appeals court last January overturned that verdict and said those charges could not be brought back for trial.
Lake's new attorney asked a yearlong delay for the third trial.
Robinson said an eight-month delay was more reasonable, overruling prosecutors' complaints that a delay wasn't necessary.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IF THIS WERE SOMEONE LIKE OH ANYONE ELSE WE'D ALL BE IN JAIL BY NOW.
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You steal you go to jail. The rich steal, they go free. Never change.
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Wittig and Lake got caught trying to loot Westar. But the fact is, they still are. They are just letting lawyers do it for them.
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