Mon, 12 Jan 2009

Judge Lets Madoff Stay Free on Bail

Lift a candy bar from the corner gas station and go to jail while awaiting trial. Steal $50 billion from investors (including charities) in a continuing criminal enterprise for over a decade and get confined to your penthouse.

There's a difference between law and justice, and this travesty illustrates it perfectly.

A federal magistrate refused a request to jail Bernard L. Madoff, allowing him to remain under watch in his apartment.

(link) [New York Times]

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