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The bernality of evil
From Victim Impact Statements submitted to Judge Denny Chin of the Southern District Court of New York regarding the sentencing of Bernard Madoff. On June 29, Chin sentenced Madoff to 150 years in prison for operating a $65 billion Ponzi scheme over more than two decades.
We took our sixteen-year-old daughter to New York three years ago to meet Bernie Madoff. He had the gall to shake her hand as we thanked him for taking such good care of our money—her college money—and all of our extended family’s money. He robbed us not only of our money but of our faith in humanity. —Randy Baird
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| SEE ALSO: Madoff, Bernard L.; Career as judge; Chin, Denny; Securities fraud; Sentences (Criminal procedure); Trials, litigation, etc.; Victims of crimes | ||
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