Hanoi5 Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Is it really jail or can he stay at home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matmat Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 does he still have a home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 He'll be safer in jail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 No clue what's being discussed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdonn Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 No clue what's being discussed Bernie Madoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 I don't think he has a home, at least LA news says his wife is homeless. She was allowed to keep two million bugs though so she should be able to afford a modest home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotShot Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 150 years for stealing 65 billion dollar.This is about a day of jail for per stolen 1.2 million dollar.So the punishment for stealing 13,88 dollar is a 1 second of jail. All crooks should ask their lawyers to make the judges recalculate their punishment, I guess almost all would have to be released at once. Just joking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 He'll be safer in jail. Not if he screwed his cellmates also... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichMor Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 It's not really that bad. He should be eligible for parole in just 75 years. Hang on Bernie, hang on. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggwhiz Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 150 years is fair enough but I would rather give him 5 in a real prison instead of a country club. He'll probably end up in one with a swimming pool and a golf course. Maybe he'll take up Bridge and win BBO player of the year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjbrr Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 150 years is fair enough but I would rather give him 5 in a real prison instead of a country club. He'll probably end up in one with a swimming pool and a golf course. Maybe he'll take up Bridge and win BBO player of the year? Someone should teach him stolen bid doubles. Sounds like something he might like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodwintr Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 That Federal prisons resemble country clubs is something of a myth, as anyone who has visited one -- or served time in one -- can attest. A halfway house or a prerelease center might not be so bad, but Madoff shouldn't be eligible for that until he has served, say, a hundred years or so. I am reminded of the old chestnut about the fellow being sentenced in Texas for three counts of murder. The judge pronounced sentences of 100 years for each count, to be served back to back to back. The defendant cried out, "But that's 300 years, your honor: I'll never be able to do that!" "Just do your best, son," replied the judge. TLGoodwin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Someone should teach him stolen bid doubles. Sounds like something he might like. He's evil, not stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoAnneM Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Of course he's stupid. Did he think it would last forever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lobowolf Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Of course he's stupid. Did he think it would last forever? No, but he probably thought that the decades he'd spend as a millionaire tens of times over would be worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helene_t Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 He'll be safer in jail. Not if he screwed his cellmates also... Lolololol ! Btw agree with JoAnne that he is stupid. At least he should have left the US as soon as he had earned enough money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtvesuvius Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 He'll be safer in jail. Not if he screwed his cellmates also... Lolololol ! Btw agree with JoAnne that he is stupid. At least he should have left the US as soon as he had earned enough money. He should go "visit" his swiss bank account? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke warm Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 He'll be safer in jail. Not if he screwed his cellmates also... Lolololol ! Btw agree with JoAnne that he is stupid. At least he should have left the US as soon as he had earned enough money. maybe he's like the serial killer who wants to get caught - but who keeps killing until he is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Heh, don't forget the $170 billion fine on top.In the UK he would, considering precedents, have been sentenced to no more than 10 years (and be out in less). Some difference, eh? (not saying which is more just, mind!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothy Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 He'll be safer in jail. Not if he screwed his cellmates also... He wont be happy when he gets 'some chocolate left under his pillow' Not that i understand prison slang that well.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winstonm Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 For swindling investors by having them put money into a fake investment, he should get 150 years in a fake jail - just think how stupid he will feel in 149 years when he finds out the door was unlocked all that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Who will get the starring role in "The Bernie Madoff Story"? On TCM tonight they are showing "I shot Jesse James" (1949). As a ten year old I could sing the entire Ballad of Jesse James, from the movie: Jesse had a wife, who mourned for his life, the children they were brave; that dirty little coward, he shot Mr. Howard, and laid poor Jesse in his grave. Etc. For those abroad who are not familiar with Americana, Jesse James was an 19th century outlaw who robbed banks and stages, and killed people. He had a well-known alias of Mr. Howard. Also I recall from around the same time there was a comic book presentation of the life of Billy the Kid. He was presented sympathetically. Not to change a habit, I imagine I will see Public Enemy. Perhaps I need to think about this. Or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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