what's the point in giving him 150 years? It fails as a deterrant and a punishment; he lives tax-free for ''150'' years after committing FRAUD?! Sure, his old ass is stuck in a prison cell, but so freakin what? and 150 years - what the hell for; he's costing you MORE money!
Someone said to the Prophet, "Pray to God against the idolaters and curse them." The Prophet replied, "I have been sent to show mercy and have not been sent to curse." (Muslim)
But just to answer the above, it IS 171 billion $$. His wife got away with 2.5 billion or something. He spent cash like dirt. Man.... Just looking at his face makes me so mad.
Hanging to the best alternative-- hmm maybe he should serve some time in some horrible prison and then get hung.
what's the point in giving him 150 years? It fails as a deterrant and a punishment; he lives tax-free for ''150'' years after committing FRAUD?! Sure, his old ass is stuck in a prison cell, but so freakin what? and 150 years - what the hell for; he's costing you MORE money!
But just to answer the above, it IS 171 billion $$. His wife got away with 2.5 billion or something. He spent cash like dirt. Man.... Just looking at his face makes me so mad.
Are you sure that figure was his assets? or how much he frauded people out of?
Pay back all the money he stole to those he stole it from, for starters. And don't give him some obscure sentence of 150 years - it's pointless.
Tho, as far as punishments go, I can't think of an alternative, mainly considering his age of 71 (any form of labour/servitude is out of the question; same goes for physical punishment). Yet at the same time, I don't see how locking him up will act as a form of punishment or deterrant, again given his age: this guy wasn't found guilty until he was well above retirement age.
Someone said to the Prophet, "Pray to God against the idolaters and curse them." The Prophet replied, "I have been sent to show mercy and have not been sent to curse." (Muslim)
Im surprised his sons are not found guilty. I mean their father was doing this for like 18 years and yet they were 'not aware of it'.yeah right!
From what I've read it said that he confessed to his sons first on December 10, 2008, that the asset management arm of his firm was a giant Ponzi scheme—as he put it, "one big lie.", Apparantly they then passed this information to authorities.The following day, Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested Madoff and charged him with one count of securities fraud.
what's the point in giving him 150 years? It fails as a deterrant and a punishment; he lives tax-free for ''150'' years after committing FRAUD?! Sure, his old ass is stuck in a prison cell, but so freakin what? and 150 years - what the hell for; he's costing you MORE money!
Life in jail is a detterant and it is cheaper than the death penalty.
Life in jail is a detterant and it is cheaper than the death penalty.
Cheaper than the death penalty? What the hell is wrong with the world when it costs more to kill a criminal than it does to keep him alive for his whole life?
A simple bullet to the head or the traditional stoning is better than whatever royal treatment they're getting even in death. Let the family of the guy who committed suicide because of Madoff pull the trigger.
Cheaper than the death penalty? What the hell is wrong with the world when it costs more to kill a criminal than it does to keep him alive for his whole life?
A simple bullet to the head or the traditional stoning is better than whatever royal treatment they're getting even in death. Let the family of the guy who committed suicide because of Madoff pull the trigger.
It gets costly due to appeals etc and also it takes years do get from the courtroom to the chair.
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