Skilling: Overturn my conviction, please

Turns out Jeff Skilling has a plan to save his skin after all: The former Enron CEO has asked a judge to overturn his guilty verdict. Sneaky devil! We never would have thought of that.

Skilling's lawyer Daniel Petrocelli filed the motion in U.S. District Court on Tuesday, claiming that "the evidence presented at trial was legally insufficient as to every element of every count in dispute." The motion asks the court to overturn the jury's verdict and acquit Skilling of all charges in connection with Enron's 2001 collapse, or to throw out the verdict and order a new trial. Skilling was found guilty of 19 charges of conspiracy, fraud and insider trading on May 25 and will likely face at least 25 years in prison.

Tuesday was the deadline for motions for acquittal or a retrial; apparently, former Enron Chairman Ken Lay's lawyers aren't seeking one. There's been no comment from the government's Enron Task Force.