Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff is looking at 12 years in prison… best case scenario.
His lawyer is pushing for this sentence claiming that it would be sufficient punishment for the man who committed one of history’s biggest scams.
A woman who says that is not enough for the man who ruined her and her family’s life.
“The 71-year-old Madoff faces up to 150 years in prison after pleading guilty on March 12 to 11 felony counts including securities fraud and perjury. He admitted operating a massive pyramid scheme for decades. Federal sentencing guidelines call for Madoff to receive a life sentence.”
“We seek neither mercy nor sympathy,” his lawyer wrote. But he urged the Judge to “set aside the emotion and hysteria attendant to this case” as he determines the sentence.”
The lawyer also stated that a sentence of 15 to 20 years would not be dis-proportionate comapared to sentences handed out to other white-collar criminals.
Many of Madoff’s victims lost several millions of dollars, and are even being forced to sell their homes due to financial problems.
Candace Newlove of Nederland, Colorado said her family was financially ruined by Madoff.
“Newlove, who is selling her home, said she hopes the judge keeps in mind that Madoff “had a huge impact not only on our family but world economics and trust around the world.”
Many of the victims are writing letters to the Judge regarding Madoff and how he has affected their lives.
“The lawyer can ask for anything he wants. That doesn’t mean anything. I’m sure he’s going to spend the rest of his life in jail,” another victim of the scheme said.
It’s not lookin good for old Bernie.
On a side note though, Madoff has met with the inspector general of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and provided information and insight into his conduct and the role of the SEC, and how they can help regulate activity like this in the future.
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June 29th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
The sentence against Madoff is too harsh.
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SCANDAL! SCANDAL! SCANDAL!
EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY!
George W. Bush continuously criminally stalked Margie Schoedinger to the point that she could not get away from it, and she committed suicide in desperation to escape: he murdered her.
“In her suit, Margie Schoedinger states that George W. Bush committed sexual crimes against her, organized harassment and moral pressure on her, her family members and close relatives and friends. As Schoedinger said, she was strongly recommended to keep her mouth shut. . . . Furthermore, she alleges that George Bush ordered to show pressure on her to the point, when she commits suicide” (blog of drizzten).
“One of those ‘very leasts’ [was] George Bush’s personal complicity in the death (murder to be precise) of my friend Margie Schoedinger in September of 2003. Determining the exact whereabouts and contacts of [then] president-elect George Bush on September 21 thru 22, 2003, should be entirely lacking in difficulty” (Leola McConnell—Nevada Progressive Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010).
McConnell is correct: Bush applying pressure (continuously criminally stalking Margie Schoedinger) purposefully to force Schoedinger to commit suicide does in fact constitute murder where it culminated in her death.
Bush is a racist hate criminal and hates black people (please feel free to see my “GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” blog). (Schoedinger was an African-American woman.)
BEWARE: If the president of the United States hates one—for whatever reasons—he can continuously criminally stalk one to the point that one cannot get away from it, and one ultimately commits suicide in desperation to escape. He can murder people in this way.
Bush is getting away with his murder of Schoedinger—with no sheriff, prosecutor, or court willing to uphold the rule of law.
Bush’s method of murdering Schoedinger cannot exist in a vacuum: he must have murdered other people in the same way.
Bush should confess, come out with the names of all of the people whom he murdered in the disgusting way he murdered Schoedinger, undergo execution, and accordingly find himself at the intersection where he would be free.
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Andrew Wang
(a.k.a. “THE DISSEMINATING MACHINE”)
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
July 6th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
What do you mean the sentence is too harsh….
The man stole $2.97 BILLION DOLLARS… that’s not thousands, it’s not millions, BILLIONS of dollars.