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Madoff's prison consultant speaks out

By Douglas A. Berman

Herb Hoelter, the consultant who played a role in Bernie Madoff case (and runs the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives), has this new commentary in today's New York Daily News. Here is how it starts: Bernie Madoff's 150-year prison sentence was an affront to the federal criminal justice system. There were a number of idiosyncrasies in his sentencing that even a seasoned expert could not have expected: the length of the sentence, the justification by the court for imposing the sentence and the evolution of a new term to describe people in my profession ? "prison coaches." I've been a professional federal sentencing consultant for more than 32 years.  I have worked with hundreds of white-collar offenders over the past 25 years ? Madoff, most recently ? whose punishments dramatically increased in direct proportion to the government trumpets of justice, punishment and deterrence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 02, 2009 (boomark / email).