[bt-99]

The reason we have seen so many huge financial crimes is that the risk/reward trade off is so good for them. Even for those who get caught the amount of prison time is very low. It s a very attractive wager for certain people. For Madoff a death penalty would not make up for all the harm he has done, but it would be a start. Anyone else we find that HELPED HIM IN THIS SHOULD GET LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.

[cripplecreek]

The death penalty for financial crimes would never pass constitutional muster.

[Asceticon]

The reason we have seen so many huge financial crimes is that the risk/reward trade off is so good for them. Even for those who get caught the amount of prison time is very low.

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That is the point and why these people like Madoff need to fear the needle.

[tbw2]

There was a cartoon where the guy is in prison, got 100 million dollars, is doing a decade or two and tells the other prisoner “it comes out to $80 an hour, so I’m good”.