Why isn't Bernie Madoff in jail?

[Pryderi]

I'm curious.

[Earth_First]

1. "Money, Money, Money, Money....

....MO-NEY!"

[leftofthedial]

2. $$$$$$

There are two systems of "justice" in this country. Each ensures that the proper results ensue from wrongdoing: retribution against the lower class and forgiveness of the upper class.

[Fire1]

3. Pretty much. If you've got the cash you can save your ass.

[leftofthedial]

5. any lawyer worth hiring, upon hearing that their prospective client seeks "justice,"

will ask, "How much justice can you afford?"

[Fire1]

10. Good one! lol!

[Giant Robot]

4. I was hoping it was because

He was going to be put in stocks and held at the center of a town for people to throw rotten vegetables at him.

I can dream...

[Common Sense Party]

6. Didn't he make bail? And he's awaiting trial?

Isn't that how this stuff usually works?

I want to know why the sons haven't yet been charged. There's no way they could have been ignorant of what Dad had been doing all those years.

[Pryderi]

15. Even if he did make bail, didn't he violate bail by funneling money for family and friends?

[Common Sense Party]

20. Perhaps. Does that mean the police have to put him in jail?

I don't know how these things work.

[KamaAina]

7. 'Cause he's rich and white?

:shrug:

[abluelady]

8. I Have a Bigger Question

Why hasn't he been knocked off? I am amazed he's still walking around.

[Fire1]

13. Cause he didn't con the 'right' people and it takes one to know

one.

[onenote]

9. because he made bail?

He and his wife surrendered their passports and, last I heard, he was essentially under house arrest (electronic monitoring).

[AtomicKitten]

11. Because white collar crime is considered merely an infraction?

[ThomWV]

12. Because he has more money than any other man in jail in the US

That the rule, if you have more than the richest man currently in jail you don't have to go.

[cloudbase]

14. Steal 50 billion from investors?

No problem.

Shoplift a $2 item from Walmart?

Off to the pokey with you.

[liberalmuse]

16. Because jail is for poor people...

and we need room for those who get caught with a small amount of marijuana. OJ Simpson taught us well. If you're rich, you can get away with First Degree Double Homocide.

[HughBeaumont]

17. Why isn't George Bewsh in jail? Why isn't Dick Cheney in jail?

Why aren't ANY of them in jail?

Because they're all a white mafia with giant ruthless taxpayer-funded guns on their side and no one has the balls to cross them.

[corruptmewithpower]

18. It's a pocketbook issue for the judge.

[Demeter]

19. He Hasn't Even Been Charged Yet, Let Alone Convicted

that's why. Now ask, why hasn't he been charged?

Because they are still trying to figure out exactly what he did.

there are still some procedures to follow in this country.

[no_hypocrisy]

21. Because he's teasing the prosecutor's office with a deal.

The deal is "Keep me out of jail and I'll tell you where I can remember where the money is."

At this point, the prosecutors want to return the money more than to penalize Madoff. And they won't get him to cooperate by putting him in jail.

[Pryderi]

22. Isn't that the definition of kidnapping?