Mad at Madoff

June 29th, 2009 at 07:53pm Mary Kaull

I’m glad that Bernie Madoff, author of the biggest Ponzi scheme in history, got a 150-year sentence.

But I was a bit surprised when I read that not one person defended Madoff before his sentencing.

I remember distinctly that the man who murdered my brother-in-law 14 years ago received several letters in defense of his character and good work ethic. My brother-in-law was a sheriff’s deputy just doing his job one spring day when this guy hauled off and shot him, once in the head and once in the arm. The man didn’t want to move away from his barn, which was in danger of exploding because of a homemade compressor that had already blown.

And, no, the man wasn’t mentally ill. Just a hothead.

So a man who kills a cop in cold blood still has some friends. but Bernie Madoff has none? Is lost money more valuable than a lost life?

JW, as my daughter would say. Just wondering.

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