H-P's Dunn Enters No Plea, Charges Dismissed

GogglesPisano writes "CNN earlier reported that former HP chairwoman Patricia Dunn would plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of fraudulent wire communications stemming from her involvement in last year's corporate eavesdropping scandal. The story was later amended after charges again st Dunn were dropped. The original charges, four felony counts, were reduced to misdemeanors in exchange for a plea bargain. Her three co-defendants are expected to receive 96 hours of community service; in Dunn's case this sentence is likely to be waived due to illness." Update: 03/15 02:21 GMT by KD : The prosecutor in the case issued a correction to the eariler pronouncement that Dunn would plead guilty to a misdemeanor. "At court today, Patricia Dunn did not enter any plea in response to the misdemeanor count, and the court exercised its discretion by dismissing the case against her," the revised statement said.

Comments

Phone Cleaning

[biocute]

Rubbish! Dunn should still be expected do some light community services despite the illness.

Phone cleaning lady springs to mind, it's lightwork.

Hurd and Dunn? Sounds like a comedy routine

[spun]

"I heard-"
"No, I'm Hurd!"
"Hilarious, are you done?"
"No, I'm Dunn, he's Hurd!"
"Okay, what has he heard?"

At this point, I'm willing to bet everyone reading this is glad that none of the participants in this farce is named Watt...

Great Artcle tagline

[SeaFox]

The current bottom of the page tagline is rather amusing...

  "Some men rob you with a six-gun -- others with a fountain pen. -- Woodie Guthrie"

Re:this should set an example...

[stratjakt]

Is that hundred million dollars really worth it?

96 hours, thats a stratjakt-sized work week!

Or 96 Patricia Dunn work weeks.

Re:Sickness

[Ghworg]

That's what excessive use of the Dark Side will do to you.