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	Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years in Prison for Ponzi Scheme New York Times June 29, 2009 A federal judge sentenced Bernard L. Madoff to 150 years in prison on Monday for operating a huge Ponzi scheme that devastated thousands of people, calling his crimes “extraordinarily evil.” In pronouncing the sentence — the maximum he could have handed down — Judge Denny Chin turned aside Mr. Madoff’s own assertions of remorse and rejected the suggestion from Mr. Madoff’s lawyers that there was a sense of “mob vengeance” surrounding calls for a long prison term. Read More...		-Join Now! -New Member Info. -Get Your Password -Exclusive Benefits -Practice Points -*The Champion* -Member's Only -NACDL Listservs Learn More...

"Supreme Court: Cross-Examination Crucial To Exposing Junk Science and Bogus ‘Experts’,"--NACDL Press Release, June 25, 2009 "NACDL's Annual Meeting - Boston, August 5-8th,"--NACDLcle, June 15, 2009 "Large Political Contributions in Judicial Races Implicate Due Process, Supreme Court Rules,"--NACDL Press Release, June 8, 2009 "NACDL President John Wesley Hall Testifies in Congress on National Crisis in Indigent Representation,"--NACDL Press Release, June 5, 2009 "Shana-Tara Regon to Lead NACDL White Collar Crime Policy Office,"--NACDL Press Release, May 27, 2009 More Timely News Here...

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