MSNBC: Madoff could face 150 years in prison. What do you think he'll actually get?

[LostInAnomie]

I bet he never spends a day in prison.

I bet even if he pleads guilty he'll keep it tied up in court until he dies of old age. Then, I bet his wife and family get to keep everything.

It will be Ken Lay: part 2.

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. You're probably right. Insult to injury, he and his family keep everything.

x(

[gratuitous]

2. One week locked in a room

While Jim Cramer and Rick Santelli expound on their various theories of economic brilliance. Punishment to fit the crime.

Although there'd probably be some activist law-and-order judge who would find an Eighth Amendment prohibition against it.

[Parker CA]

3. Not sure what the outcome will be, but 150 years seems impossible. n/t.

[bluestateguy]

4. He ought to be sentenced to a judicial execution

Preferably by hanging, as some states still do.

[MUAD_DIB]

17. The crime is large enough to match that action. IMHO...

[Giant Robot]

5. If I were a betting person I would say

Double down on not spending a day in prison. Probably probation and some meager fine.

I'd bet on it myself, but fuck if I have the money to do so.

[WinkyDink]

33. What happened to Neil "Silverado" Bush?

[Vickers]

6. The way things have been lately? A bonus.

:P

[CLG_News]

7. Six hours and then the Kenny Lay pseudo-heart attack?

n/t

[notadmblnd]

8. time served in his penthouse

and maybe a small fine. I don't think they'll take anything from him that would cause him to urt in the slightest way.

[anonymous171]

9. No, he will "die" before he is sent to jail. That's my bet. nt

[rollingrock]

10. He probably bought off the judges

therefore, he walks.

[valerief]

11. A villa in Dubai. nt

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

12. Life.

Whatever sentence he ends up with, he won't live to the end of it. I'm not saying he'll die in prison. But he will die in some release program under house arrest due to failing health.

It's not like this is a guy who ripped off weak, poor people and gets away with it.

He ripped off powerful people.

[MannyGoldstein]

13. He'll Die In Jail

He probably traded for reduced charges on his family.

[liberal N proud]

14. A slap on the writs and told not to get caught next time

[lurky]

15. I'm guessing he'll be restricted to his

$7 Million, 10,000 square foot penthouse on Park Avenue for six months. Because he is already being forced to endure this hellish existence while awaiting trial, he will be let go on time served. Oh, I almost forgot: He will have to pay some fines, too.

[MUAD_DIB]

19. Fines? 10 cents on the 100 million?

[lurky]

36. Sounds about right...

I also figure he's been stashing money in various offshore accounts for years, like a squirrel burying acorns. I doubt prosecutors will ever find it, or even look especially hard.

[WI_DEM]

16. They shouldn't protect his wife either and give her $60 million and a town house

They should sell all of that and give to his victims.

[Critters2]

18. "Fatal" heart attack, followed by years on the beach in Antigua. nt

[FreeStateDemocrat]

20. Sentenced to appear on Dr. Phil show and confess his sins (with prerequisite histrionics) and then

listen to the sham “doctor's" obnoxious pontification of what is required for redemption and absolution.

[Rebubula]

21. Madoff

What a complete douche and what an incompetent justice department.

[rvablue]

22. Anyone who thinks this guy is going to do any serious time or have to forfeit

all of this stolen money is kidding themselves.

Wait and watch for tomorrow. He'll probably do 6-12 months in a country club "prison" and his grifting, nasty, lying wife will be able to keep "her money."

But if I go to the supermarket today and steal a $3 bag of chips, I would most definitely pay a higher price.

It's an effin' joke.

[damntexdem]

23. Hey, I could go with reducing it to 125 years.

Oh, I'll be merciful, 110 years.

Oh, sure he'll try to keep it tied up in court, but he'll screw up: he'll figure he can do so without every undertaking any court filings. ;-)

[Enthusiast]

24. 18 months in Club Fed. nt

[marshall]

25. An interrview with Oprah?

Or Dr. Phil if she's busy.

[AngryOldDem]

26. He'll go to a fed country club.

But most likely what will happen is the "keep it tied up in the courts 'till I die" scenario, as you outlined above.

These guys never get what they so richly deserve. Why should Madoff be any different?

[otohara]

27. I'd LIke to See What CNBC Oracles Have Said in Past

about Bernie boy.

[RiverStone]

28. Sentenced to live in a sheet metal shack in Calcutta India

Donate all his assets back to the people he stole from, give the rest to charity.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

29. He will pull a Ken Lay

"Die" two weeks before the start of the trial and spend the rest of his days on an island in the south pacific.

[Vinca]

30. I'm going way out on a limb . . . 20 years.

[Lance_Boyle]

31. set free, then capped in the street by one of his victims

Like a poster above said, he ripped off powerful people. He's too rich for (J)ustice, but nobody's too rich for (j)ustice.

[guitar man]

32. I bet he doesn't spend a day

Or spends a very small token amount of time at a minimum security white collar facility. If that happens and a mob of the people he ripped off chases him down and beats him to death, I won't shed a tear nor would I support prosecution for anyone in the mob.

[ReliantJ]

34. He Madoff with alot of money

[Hubert Flottz]

35. 6 months

Home confinement and he's already served most of that...

I wonder why other bank robbers and their wives don't get to keep the loot they steal?

[SoCalDem]

37. A catered luncheon, a goodie bag, and a stern glance.. n/t