TYT: Why is Bernie Madoff still allowed to conduct criminal activity? Why is he not in jail?

[ProfessorPlum]

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[ecstatic]

1. It boggles the mind. People are sent to jail over 20 bucks

but he gets to steal 50 BILLION DOLLARS and is free to continue conducting his crimes from home. Furthermore, his entire family needs to be locked up because it's so clear that they were all working together. :mad:

[Possumpoint]

2. I Must Ask

Has he been convicted in a court of law? I realize he has been convicted in the public's view.

Till he has been convicted, he is to be treated as a law abiding citizen who has been accused of breaking the law.

[Donnachaidh]

4. how many law abiding citizens are sitting in rikers island waiting for their court dates?

Meanwhile Madoff gets house arrest and lives in luxury?

[ihavenobias]

6. Amen.

K & R

[Loge23]

3. We need to plant some pot on him

How many pot smokers are in jail?
Recently, I read about a local fireman who was accused of allegedly growing marijuana.
They threw him in jail, bail at $105,000, and confiscated (read:stole) his personal vehicle.

And this cretin is allowed to live in uber-luxury and continue his greedy, conniving ways.
Makes no sense, whatsoever.

[paulsby]

9. i just gotta say

after many many years in law enforcement (and of course i am against the war on drugs - heck, many cops are for decrim of mj believe it or not), that very few people go to jail for being "pot smokers".

your example was of a guy who was GROWING, which is an entirely different thing. growers are treated by the law like dealers, since they are "manufacturing".

it takes a LOT for an average joe who is caught with personal possession amounts of pot to go to jail (for more than an overnight stay).

it simply almost never happens.

people who go to jail for pot are people who are already on probation for the same thing (and even then, it usually takes a bit more), multiple priors (more commonly felonies, etc.)

i've investigated literally hundred of drug cases, in several states, and to put it succinctly - joe average doesn't go to jail for smoking pot.

holding big weight, dealing, growing, etc. is another story.

of course, i don't think ANY users of ANY drug should go to jail.

[Jim Sagle]

5. Cenk: "He's a fuckin' thief!"

:rofl:

[meeloo]

7. How ironic: Under Bush, Martha Stewart went to jail, under Obama Madoff walks around freely

[nichomachus]

8. Welcome to DU

enjoy your stay, brief as it may be

[paulsby]

10. martha stewart

went to jail, not for the underlying charge (she wasn't found guilty of that), but for lying to the feds during the investigation.

iow, perjury.

madoff is probably too smart to perjure himself.

[OhioChick]

11. K&R

:kick:

[McCamy Taylor]

12. Only one answer makes sense: he laundered money for someone in the US govt.

CIA, NSA, NeoCons, maybe illegal funds sent to Israel. Somebody used this guy's Ponzi scheme to funnel cash somewhere and now they can not afford to let him talk so he walks--until he slips in the shower.