Comments on: Madoff Lawyer: 12 Years Would Be Fair

Attorney Asks Judge Not To Disproportionately Punish 71-Year-Old Ponzi Scheme Operator

[stinger1z]

Let him rot, he'll spend the rest of his miserable life in jail/civil courts anyway. I hope he dies on his last day in prison, effectively a life sentence.

[Ordflyer]

SEND HIM TO GITMO!!!!

[Ordflyer]

12 years!!!!???? I can steal 100 BILLION dollars and only get 12 years?????????!!!!!

I'm in!! Sign me up!!!

Whoever (whomever?) said "crime doesn't pay" clearly wasn't referring to billionaire swindlers...

Here's an idea for the federal judge: 1000 years in jail and relinquishing ALL properties of the immediate family.

OR THE ELECTRIC CHAIR!!!!

[dragyn30]

Not long enough, but a good start!

Oh and the sentence should be equally levied against his parasitic lawyer too!

[toldyouso29]

LOL. 18 year old virgins are not at all rare. I and my 2 sisters were 18 year old virgins. My cousins were 18 year old virgins, even 2 of my sons were and my two daughters were. In each case it was a choice and a tradition which each family member wanted to live up to. When each of us made the choice to finally have sex, it was a big occasion with the family in full support of the mature decision. Whether kids remain virgins until they are at least 18 or not, like whether kids do drugs or end up in jail or not--has to do with the raising, which does not stop with great grades in school or good manners, it also has to do with who you let your kids hang around with, where they go, and how much influence you begin and MAINTAIN throughout all the years you have children. Some in my family were also 19 year old and 21 year old virgins before they took the plunge.

Each voluntarily committed to the ideas of self respect and self discipline--this ensured that neither friends or the capricious nature of teen libido superceded their self respect and common sense. It is not uncommon to come across 18 year old virgins--it IS uncommon in America to come across parents who actually know and practice good parental skills. Nix those sleepovers....

[SusanStoHelit]

Life plus. He stole from thousands, cost lives, destroyed people - the only problem with a life sentence for him is that it will be too short - a pity he's not younger so he could rot in prison awhile longer.

[SusanStoHelit]

ONLY if he finishes repaying everyone with his salary from working at McDonalds. He ruined thousands of lives, costs lives - he belongs locked up for life.

[toldyouso29]

A lawyer for failed financier Bernard Madoff has told a Manhattan judge who will sentence him that a prison term of 12 years would be fair.

Attorney Ira Sorkin says such a sentence will not disproportionately punish his client compared to other white collar criminals."

Interesting, now rich lawyers and their clients think they can negotiate the length of their sentence? 24 years for the lawyer with no parole eligibility before 12 years are up...and 4 years with no chance of probation for the lawyer for being a presumptuous, arrogant you know what... THAT sounds fair.

[truthseeker60]

The irony is that this guy expects fair justice after sending fortunes to relatives and friends from his penthouse AFTER he was incarcerated. That goes without mentioning the millions of lives that have been effected by his greed. Send him to gitmo, he's a financial Terrorist.

[TyroneHoglegg]

12 years?....Yeah right....Bernie will just be getting used to his new prison Girlfriend at 12 years.