Three things you can be grateful for on this July Friday. You aren’t in Houston in July. You aren’t in jail. You never did a deal with Enron.

The “NatWest Three” are sitting in the Houston Detention Center right now, hoping their lawyers can persuade a judge to release them on bail. They are scheduled to appear before a magistrate this afternoon for a hearing where they are expected to plead not guilty to the Enron related charges against them.

British trio touches down [Houston Chronicle]