CRM/LAW C144 Chapter Notes - Chapter HW#1: United States District Court For The Southern District Of New York, Perjury
8 Mar 2016
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United states v. bernard l. madoff, us district court, s. d. n. y. (june 29, 2009) Criminology c144 homework assignment 1: factsi. 70 soon to be 71 year-old bernard l. madoff turned himself into a federal courtroom in manhattan and admitted to running a vast ponzi scheme, which robbed thousands of investors of their life savings. After having eleven counts of fraud, money laundering, perjury and theft, the maximum sentence terms totaled 150 years. The government rejected the defendant"s proposed sentence of 12 years as. Profoundly unfair since 12 years would not be proportional to the damage done by the years of fraud committed by the defendant. Not only would it not reflect the seriousness and the scope of the defendant"s crimes, but, also, it would not promote general deterrence either. c. Does symbolism play an important role in both the retribution and deterrence contexts when choosing a proper criminal sentence: holdings/rule of law, yes.
