Comments on: Madoff Belongs In Jail, Prosecutor Says

Alleged Swindler Accused Of Trying To Keep Assets Away From Burned Investors At Time Of Arrest

[killerj999-2009]

I agree this guy should be punished with extreme prejudice. However, by putting him in jail, he is just going to suck up more tax payers'' money. Make him do odd jobs that no one wants to do and repay people''s losses.

[lili5044]

Let''s string him up and skin him alive!

[cbsblogger]

He should be hanging by a rope along with the rest of the banking CEO''''s.

Posted by hunterdon6 at 02:32 PM : Jan 07, 2009
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I kind of agree that these people should be facing that possibility, especially Madoff. Instead of living the good life, getting bonuses and taxpayer bailout money they all need to be squirming and know they will be held accountable.

The fact that not one shyster has been facing even an inconvenience is an outrage. Madoff may have fraudulently lost his clients $50 Billion, but the bankers and ratings agencies have cost the USA and the world trillions and they need to charged, convicted and spend the rest of their lives in prison.

[credibility2]

So-called white collar crime needs to be re-assessed for the severity of the damage and harm it causes to countless victims, including the economy. Possession of drugs or selling drugs is deemed a much more serious crime. What Madoff did is hideously criminal and should be treated as a much more serious crime than it''s getting. He isn''t fit to even occupy a 6X10 cell in solitary.

[pollroller1]

I''ll say one thing for Bernard. He is one very smart man. I wonder if President Bush will give him a pardon.
They will need that jail space for the drug dealers and prostitutes.

[observantx]

Madoff and all the other high profile high rollers always get lawyered up and then treated with kid gloves.

It''s time to start requiring these guys to sit in a cell and have their assets frozen solid while their trial preparations are being made. You can bet your bottom dollar if you or I did something like this, we wouldn''t be waltzing around free and being carted around in a limo.

[carpriddler]

He only stole 50 billion, wiped out thousands of peoples life savings, ruined charities, and destroyed who knows how many businesses. Jail is for criminals.

[dnamj]

Jail is for the little people.

[mugaluv]

I hope he is charged with murder for the suicide of that man who committed suicide. That man''s life deserves justice for what Madoff drove him to do.

[hunterdon6]

He should be hanging by a rope along with the rest of the banking CEO''s.

[momofdaisy]

Freeze his assets and put he and his wife in jail.

[noloyalisti]

Oh yeah, he is just one bad apple, huh? Half the CEOs and most of the bankers belong in jail. And of course the Butch Crime Family. Don''t close Guantanomo, give the righties a taste of their own medicine.

[credibility2]

Prosecutors should aggressively go after the family members or friends Madoff sent his stash to; yeah, and he really expects us to believe what he was sending were all family heirlooms. This guy belongs in solitary confinement and not in his cushy digs where he can continue to thumb his nose at the law and continue sending his priceless objects to conceal more of his ill-gotten goods. Those he ruined should be entitled to these goods and not any of his family or friends.

[culturechang]

S-E-X.....I mean. THey block the word S-e-x!! How politically correct can you get.

[culturechang]

Unless he ran a escort service or a massage parlor, he wont see any federal jail time. Lying and stealing are no longer sins (I mean crimes), but ***, that''s a sin (Opps, I mean a crime). Keep getting those mixed up.

[Michael Arnold]

The guy clearly has info they want, and he''s clearly made a deal to stay "free" during the process. He''ll probably take a hike and he''ll be overseas before you know it --beyond the reach of the law. (And there''s lots of clients that will help him if they think they might get their money back)

[spirit411]

and every asset and his wife''s should be confiscated as ill gotten gains. Kids College funds as well.
why are his assets not frozen anyway??????
GOod to have friends in high places?