Jurors are expected to hear closing arguments today by defence lawyers in the trial of former Enron bosses Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling.
The men were accused yesterday of carrying out their crimes "through accounting tricks, fiction, hocus-pocus, trickery, misleading statements, half-truths, omissions and outright lies".
Prosecutor Kathryn Ruemmler told jurors in closing arguments yesterday that Mr Lay and Mr Skilling did it all just to keep Enron's stock price up.
The men are charged with conspiracy and fraud in the energy company's spectacular 2001 collapse.
The government began its closing argument after the US District Judge Sam Lake told jurors to weigh with "great care" the testimony of witnesses who have pleaded guilty as part of a deal with prosecutors.
But Judge Lake stressed that those plea agreements are "lawful and proper" as he read instructions to the jury that later this week will begin deliberating the two men's fate.
A key element of Mr Lay and Mr Skilling's defence is that prosecutors pressured Enron subordinates into admitting crimes they never committed and to lie about their bosses to avoid having to go to trial themselves.