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Bernard Madoff says he is dying and is asking a judge for compassionate release from prison, where he is serving 150 years for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, according to a Wednesday federal court filing.

Madoff, 81, has terminal kidney failure and a life expectancy of less than 18 months. When the court sentenced him, “it was clear that Madoff’s 150-year prison sentence was symbolic for three reasons: retribution, deterrence, and for the victims,” the court filing states. “This Court must now consider whether keeping Madoff incarcerated … is truly in furtherance of statutory sentencing goals and our society’s value and understanding of compassion.”

Madoff said in the request for compassionate release that he “does not dispute the severity of his crimes.”


IMO- stay in jail
 
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Thought it was maybe to do with the other case at first. GA/AL lines, etc. again. Sure in the news lately...

.https://people.com/crime/ga-woman-found-shot-to-death-after-allegedly-being-kidnapped-by-4-people-caught-in-police-chase/
 
Well my sympathy no doubt to the family but I am not even going to try to pretend I understand what I just read here. It makes no sense whatsoever, at least not to me. And it sounds like, not to anyone else either...

:thinking:
 
Not Guilty? REALLY?. And some of the crime was caught on Home surveillance.
Heck, some confess and then plead not guilty. Nice huh? They get to cost the system a fortune more, put their traumatized victim through years more, etc. But hey what do they have to lose right? Then they can hope for a jury with an idiot on it or a soft sentence and if not, well still, why not try it just in case?
 

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