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Bernie Madoff Receives the Maximum Sentence of 150 Years

There was a burst of applause in a Manhattan courtroom today when federal Judge Denny Chin gave financial swindler Bernard Madoff the maximum term of 150 years in prison. For a 71-year-old man, even the minimum would have been a life sentence. Judge Chin said he was sending some messages.

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

There was a burst of applause in a Manhattan courtroom today when federal Judge Denny Chin gave financial swindler Bernard Madoff the maximum term of 150 years in prison. For a 71-year-old man, even the minimum would have been a life sentence. Judge Chin said he was sending some messages. One of Madoff's victims, Burt Ross, told reporters he lost $5 million and cited Dante's Inferno, which assigns violators of trust to the lowest depths of hell. Diana Henriques is senior financial writer for the New York Times.

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Diana Henriques
Senior Financial Writer, New York Times

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Bernie Madoff Receives the Maximum Sentence of 150 Years

There was a burst of applause in a Manhattan courtroom today when federal Judge Denny Chin gave financial swindler Bernard Madoff the maximum term of 150 years in prison. For a 71-year-old man, even the minimum would have been a life sentence. Judge Chin said he was sending some messages.

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Bernie Madoff Receives the Maximum Sentence of 150 Years

There was a burst of applause in a Manhattan courtroom today when federal Judge Denny Chin gave financial swindler Bernard Madoff the maximum term of 150 years in prison. For a 71-year-old man, even the minimum would have been a life sentence. Judge Chin said he was sending some messages.

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