“ Mr. Madoff, 71, is expected live 13 more years, according to figures from the Social Security Administration cited by Ira Lee Sorkin, Madoff’s lawyer. Based on that figure, Mr. Sorkin wrote in the letter, a prison sentence of 12 years - just short of an effective life sentence - would “sufficiently address the goals of deterrence, protecting the public, and promoting respect for the law without being ‘greater than necessary’ to achieve them.
Madoff Lawyers Seek Leniency in Sentencing
Since sentencing doesn’t seem to have a logical cap, and prisoners often rack up multiple life sentences, Madoff should get 65 billion years in the slammer.
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