Bernard Madoff jailed for 150 years


	Bernard Madoff jailed for 150 years

mrmoan

6-29-2009 4:55 PM

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6-29-2009 5:25 PM

boniface

With a sentence like that, I only wish he were younger.

6-29-2009 8:10 PM

Antara

yeah, me too Boniface---but the important part of this sentence is that he will now be sent somewhere hardcore, whereas he might have got away with a trip to one of the more cushy places if he had got a light rap.

I am very happy for his victims today, at least they know he will be suffering too.

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