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Judge Denise L. Cote: Applying for a Job at Goldman Sachs?

Although federal judges are given life tenure, many keep their eyes on the private sector - and few firms pay better than Goldman Sachs. Perhaps that's what federal judge Denise L. Cote was thinking when she sentenced a man to prison for committing a crime that led to no economic loss? Mr. Aleynikov?s conduct, [Denise L. Cote] said, ?deserves a significant sentence because the scope of his theft was audacious ? motivated solely by greed, and it was characterized by supreme disloyalty to his employer? Whoa. Of course one has to note the ironic reference to greed. Goldman Sachs' entire existence is devoted to greed. Greed is good and greed is god. Why is it wrong for a normal person to be greedy? (That question answers itself!) Aleynkiov's sentence is unjust not just because it was four times greater than what the United States Probation Department recommended, but because Aleyikov didn't actually harm Goldman Sachs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on March 19, 2011 (boomark / email).