Madoff's lawyer requests 150 year sentence be reduced to 12

[Statistical]

The lawyer for Bernard Madoff, the confessed Ponzi scammer who faces a maximum of 150 years in prison, requested a 12-year sentence from the judge set to mete out his sentence on Monday.
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Madoff defense attorney Ira Lee Sorkin made the request in a letter to Judge Denny Chin of U.S. District Court in Manhattan.

Sorkin focused on the age of his septuagenarian client, as well as his "non-violent nature" and his "voluntary surrender" to authorities.

"Mr. Madoff is currently 71 years old and has an approximate life expectancy of 13 years," wrote Sorkin, whose letter was released on Tuesday. "A prison term of 12 years - just short of an effective life sentence - will sufficiently address the goals of deterrence, protecting the public and promoting respect for the law."

http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/23/news/economy/madoff_sentence/?postversion=2009062310

[snappyturtle]

1. boohoo! nt

[billyoc]

2. If you can't do 150 years,

just do as much as you can. :evilgrin:

[closeupready]

6. 'Just do as much as you can' - I like that. lol

:D

[Cresent City Kid]

3. Or...

we can freeze him cryogenically until life expectancy reaches 200 years so he can serve the entire 150 year sentence.

[XOKCowboy]

4. Sure. Let Bernie out the minute he repays all of the people he screwed...

Simple!

[Hepburn]

5. Ummmmmmmmmm.... yeah....

...break my heart! :eyes:

[cloudbase]

7. Split the difference.

Fair is fair, y'know.

[old mark]

8. Keep him locked up for 150 years, alive or dead. Fuck him. nt

[RaleighNCDUer]

9. I wouldn't mind if they let him out - could save the state a log of money.

Instead of 40K/yr to incarcerate him, move him into a flophouse and assign someone to follow him around 24/7. If he does anything to access any of they money he stole which he has not repatriated to its rightful owners, that person will be there to collect it. He can make it by picking up aluminum cans, and picking change out of the gutters for the next decade or so. Like his victims.

[LiberalFighter]

10. Double it 300 years!!!