Originally Posted By DAR <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090629/ap_on_bi_ge/us_madoff_scandal;_ylt=Aj5ReyWqBOONoo.57xSONlWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJqNGttYmo3BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNjI5L3VzX21hZG9mZl9zY2FuZGFsBGNwb3MDMwRwb3MDMTEEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDbWFkb2ZmZHVlaW5j" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200...ZHVlaW5j</a> May he rot.
Originally Posted By DAR X personally I lost nothing. But for all the people he did screw over, he does deserve to rot.
Originally Posted By JohnS1 The guy was a real jerk, but that sentence reveals something about this country's justice system when you get a longer sentence for screwing people out of their money than some people do for raping, maiming, even killing other people. Apparently, money must be judged as more valuable in this country than our lives and health.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder It's cumulative, I believe. Considering he swindled so many people, he gets sentenced on each count and they add up. Rapists and murderers quite commonly get just as long sentences, if not more, for multiple crimes.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes I don't know about post #8 You have to have multiple MURDER convictions to achieve the sentence Madoff received? I think post 7 is correct (thanks JohnS1) Money is everything. For just one example, I'm thinking about Steve Job's liver transplant. I need to go back to reading all the books I read in high school about how the world revolves around one thing: MONEY When I was in high school we were trying desperately to make the world revolve around LOVE. I feel so sorry for my grandchildren.
Originally Posted By Ursula I think it is a lot deeper than money in this case. People lost all of their savings. Money that worked very hard for, for many years. That's just not money, that is the hours one puts in, the vacations one gives up to save the money, the coupon-cutting, the blood, sweat, etc. Also, people lost their kids' and grandkids's college education funds. Yes, we know the kids CAN work their way through college and get loans, but for the people who saved and thought they were doing better for their offspring than their parents, it is more than just money. I agree with a poster from another board. Dear Bernie got off easy. They should have assigned him a minimum-wage job with no insurance for the rest of his life. Make him live on his wages. Make him take public transportation. He can sign up for food stamps if he needs them. Instead, he gets to live out his life in a protected prison with free food and free health care until he dies.
Originally Posted By barboy We should import some Chinese policy and just have the guy shot in the back of the head or injected with bromide in a vein......it doesn't matter which method. The Chinese are good at putting down those who willfully and/or recklessly inflict far reaching economic damage against the people.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<Instead, he gets to live out his life in a protected prison with free food and free health care until he dies.>> You make it sound like living in jail is some kind of great retirement home. Somehow I don't think it's going to be as cozy as you make out. In my opinion, the punishment he got fits his crime.
Originally Posted By Ursula Killing him is too good for him. I don't think the punishment fit the crime. (but I am also assuming they are sending him to one of the white collar country-club prisons.) They should send him to serve in County. Then, I'd be happy. (And yes, I know one is a jail and one is a prison.)
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I don't know about post #8 You have to have multiple MURDER convictions to achieve the sentence Madoff received?" Post 8 is accurate. I assume you understand cumulative?
