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Bernie Madoff Terminally Ill Seeks Compassionate Release

Pearlee — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:15:20 GMT

Bernie Madoff's attorney is seeking compassionate release from prison for him. He claims Bernie is suffering from renal failure and has less than 18 months to live. Bernie's sentence for bilking people out of their money is so long that he wouldnt get out of prison during his lifetime without being granted compassionate.release.

If he really is dying, do you think he should be released?

News source:Foxnews site

Re: Bernie Madoff Terminally Ill Seeks Compassionate Release

Puppy Lips — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:22:03 GMT

Only at the very end - days before he passes.

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Pook — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:27:32 GMT

He did what he did so he chose his own fate!!.

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Nataliesgramma — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:33:21 GMT

Nope...

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Mz iMac — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 11:05:01 GMT

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Caaareful Shopper — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 11:14:58 GMT

He did what he did, and he is what he is. Why does a terminal disease warrant compassion when the man himself is the same person? No.

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KingstonsMom — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 11:18:38 GMT

No.

How compassionate was he to his victims when he robbed them of their life savings/earnings?

I say let him rot.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

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happycat — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 11:38:41 GMT

No. He didn't think about others when he was bilking them out of millions or billions or whatever it was.

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San Antonio Gal — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:07:11 GMT

After he stole everyone's life savings so he could live like a king?? He needs to stay in prison!

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Nuttmeg — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:09:04 GMT

NO.

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jellyBEAN — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:18:50 GMT

No way. He chose the behavior, he chose the consequences.

Let him die in jail where he belongs.

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goldensrbest — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:21:29 GMT

NO, he belongs where he is.

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CalminHeart — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:23:46 GMT

I don't wish suffering or death on anyone. I have little to no sympathy for his request. A poor person wouldn't get a compassiontae release and neither should a rich person. He should die in prison.

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novamc1 — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:34:18 GMT

As long as Bernie stays in prison, we the taxpayers are paying his room and board and medical care.

I say let him out and let him die somewhere else on someone else's dime.

It's an odd story as to how, but I got a personal tour of that federal prison in Butner, NC. It has a dorm and country club atmosphere for white-collar nonviolent crooks, and the inmates who go there know how lucky they are.

It reportedly has one of the best medical facilities among federal prisons, so Bernie gets the best care that Uncle Sam offers, I guess..

Inmates know that if they break rules and misbehave, they risk being shipped out to a prison that really looks and feels like a prison.

The concept behind this easy-to-live-in prison is that if convicts are treated like human beings, they will act like human beings when they're released.

I walked away from that tour absolutely stunned that the place looked nothing like a prison---more like a college campus.

Couldn't decide whether to be angry at such leniency or just be awed. Wasn't expecting what I saw and experienced.

Re: Bernie Madoff Terminally Ill Seeks Compassionate Release

jackthebear — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:32:09 GMT

tough call

I don't think he has family to go to

or any money so

so not sure what my answer is there,

both his sons are dead, wife forgot him. etc .

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cherry — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:36:43 GMT

He received a fair trial. He needs to render to Caeser ,that which is Caesars.

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nyc1 — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:37:37 GMT

He stole BILLIONS of dollars and RUINED people's lives, companies, etc. Compassionate Release????? I THINK NOT!!!

I LAUGHED at that request when I was driving in this morning and heard it on the news. I'm a compassionate person, but I think he should die in his cell.

Re: Bernie Madoff Terminally Ill Seeks Compassionate Release

novamc1 — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 13:12:27 GMT

@jackthebear

Maybe he can be shipped back to his home state's welfare system, maybe to die in hospice care.

Good question, though, about what can be done about him or for him---except to be disgusted by the whole mess.

ETA....

Just heard on CNBC that he wants to "die at home" and have a chance "to explain things to his grandkids". He also has an attorney who "specializes in getting people out of prison".

Re: Bernie Madoff Terminally Ill Seeks Compassionate Release

Goldengate8361 — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:49:43 GMT

Many, many people die in prison every year. Many of them probably didn't have attorneys to ask for compassionate release as they were dying. I don't believe Madoff should be treated any differently. Period.

Re: Bernie Madoff Terminally Ill Seeks Compassionate Release

hayseed00 — Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:58:10 GMT

@PearleeNo, many individuals suffered because of him.