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: Sentencing Law and Policy

"Is 150 Years Appropriate, or Just Silly?"

By Douglas A. Berman

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The question in the title of this post is the headline of this effective column in the New York Times.  The piece quotes lots of academics in an effort to help answer the question (including me), but I am even more eager to hear from readers of this blog. Most recent Madoff sentencing posts: Madoff gets sentenced to max of 150 years in federal prison! A new white-collar benchmark: the main reason the number 150 matters in Madoff Should Bernie Madoff bother to appeal his sentence? 

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 03, 2009 (boomark / email).

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