Bernie Madoff is sick and doesn't want to die in prison

[Leghorn21]

EXCLUSIVE: Ponzi scheme king Bernie Madoff, who bilked
investors out of billions, seeks medical release from prison.
He told @washpost he has terminal kidney disease and just
18 months to live.

Link to tweet

[rzemanfl]

1. Should have thought of that sooner. n/t

[riversedge]

6. A condition of release would be that he or his family financially suppot himinstead of him

being a ward of the state during his final days. I would be fine with that.

[we can do it]

2. Thoughts and prayers.

[marble falls]

3. A lot can happen in 18 months. Let him stay there a while longer.

[Tess49]

20. Let him stay in prison for another 17 months. n/t

[marble falls]

23. Quite honestly, he can give up the ghost in prison ...

it happens every day all around the country.

[Tess49]

30. Exactly. He seems to think he's special. n/t

[BigmanPigman]

4. .....

He deserves to rot there! He has NO remorse what so ever!

[underpants]

5. But his spreadsheets and investor report says he has 25 months.

I mean, who are you going to believe ?

[krissey]

7. I bet none of the people dying want to die in prison.

[lunatica]

8. Who is going to take care of him?

His family abandoned him after his crime tore them apart. His wife had to survive selling Amway or something.

[jberryhill]

9. In 18 months, he'll have double the number of kidneys, I promise

[MontanaMama]

10. Womp womp.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. A deterrent is needed to convince others contemplating such crimes

that they too could die in prison. I'm thinking, of course, of Donald Trump and family.

[Frustratedlady]

12. If he gets out, Manafort will be next to petition.

From various reports, he isn't doing too well, either. Just sayin'.

[dweller]

13. he'll be out soon enough

in his coffin

✌🏼

[lpbk2713]

14. He ruined many lives. Even caused suicides.

I hope they bury him on Boot Hill in a pine box.

[Rebl2]

15. Nope

He needs to stay where he is.

[BeyondGeography]

16. Bof

[musette_sf]

17. next logical recipient

of the Medal of Freedom

[Grammy23]

18. They don't have a physician and medical staff in the prison?

They can make him “comfortable” without letting him out. We’re not ogres. But leave him to live out his days behind bars. He ruined the lives of so many, Why should he get a pass? He showed no mercy to the ones he bilked. He needs to stay right where he is.

[Turbineguy]

19. His clients didn't want to die broke either.

[Leith]

28. That was my first thought

It didn't slow him down, though.

[dalton99a]

38. +1

[First Speaker]

21. Well, maybe Trump will need a new Treasury Secretary one of these days...

[fleur-de-lisa]

22. Tough shit.

[Midnightwalk]

24. Give him parole half way through

His 150 year sentence like other crooks get. 24000 victims of this rich asshole.

Some of his victims were rich so there is some hope he won’t be released.

From the Wikipedia machine:

Compassionate release is a process by which inmates in criminal justice systems may be eligible for immediate early release on grounds of "particularly extraordinary or compelling circumstances which could not reasonably have been foreseen by the court at the time of sentencing".[1]

I’m pretty damn sure dying in prison was a foreseeable circumstance when he was sentenced to 150 years.

[Jose Garcia]

25. He's supposed to die in prison. That's why he was sentenced to 150 years

[Phoenix61]

26. +1,000 nt

[MFGsunny]

27. First thought that came to mind was :: tough shyte

Ponzi white privilege play now?? - AGAIN?????

Hell, no! (just outraged here and IMHO)

[myohmy2]

29. that's easy...

...an hour before his imminent death, put him a wheel chair and roll him around outside in the prison courtyard...

...the fresh air might do him some good...

[alittlelark]

31. Won't happen - he ripped off the 1% - they Control too much

[WyattKansas]

32. tRUMP will pardon him for being a business genius.

After all, tRUMP thinks the best business is stealing other peoples money.

[Progressive Jones]

33. No. He has to serve his time. nt

[bdamomma]

34. That is

his payback.

[Ilsa]

35. Maybe a relative has a kidney for him.

Then he can serve his entire sentence.

[salin]

36. And those retirees who lost all of their savings, which could compromise the ability for such care

during their end of life - due to your greed and malfeasance - were out of luck - and you didn't give a f*ck.

So why should anyone offer you greater grace? Esp with your ability to pay high priced lawyers to make this filing/appeal. My compassion is stretched too thin these days to still have any left for him.

[Disaffected]

37. Just out of curiosity,

how much money was recovered and distributed to the victims? What was the total amount he stole?

[fescuerescue]

40. Stole $17.5 billion

They actually recovered 13.3 billon.

His uber wealthy clients got most of their millions back.

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-recovering-madoff-money/


(the numbers vary a few million from story to story)

[fescuerescue]

39. If he had robbed poor people, he would get out.

But he robbed not the just 1% (those are a dime a dozen), he robbed the 0.001% and higher.

He stole from the most powerful people on the planet. He stole from the people that own their own judges and governors.

Nope. Not happening.

[llmart]

41. Hell's gonna get pretty full up with all these crooks and hatemongers dying.

Who knew that being a con artist or hatemonger like Rush wouldn't let them live eternally?

Now, can we get some bad news like this about orange anus mouth or turtle? Come on karma.