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June 30, 2009

A MADOFF QUESTION: “Why is it that someone who set up a Ponzi scheme gets more jail time than the majority of murderers?”

I think it’s because he made powerful people look stupid.

Posted at by Glenn Reynolds at 10:30 am

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