Would you let him out? Bernie Madoff says he's dying and wants out of prison.

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Sunny said:
About whether or not the Federal prisons are the "luxury resorts" of the prison system, it seems to me that the true punishment of incarceration is the loss of freedom. No matter how "luxurious," is that really an option that any of us would ever choose for ourself?

I think if he truly is dying, he could probably be released to a hospice, without any risk of fleeing to some tropical country to live out the rest of his life in luxury. He has already been punished, and his name will forever live in the annals of infamy, remembered with disgust and dishonor. Isn't that the real punishment? What difference if his hospital room is a little nicer, or not?
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He's already in hospice at the prison hospital. If it doesn't make any difference whether his hospital room is any nicer, why not just let him stay in prison?
 

Madoff was over 70 when the judge sentenced him to 150 years. From that, I infer that the judge knew and intended that Madoff never leave the prison alive. I don't see any good reason to interfere with the sentence now. Madoff was sentenced in 2009, so he has only served a little over 11 years for all the harm he did to so many.

Did any of his victims get early release from the poverty he left them in?
 
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