150 Years?

Wow. I thought we were a country of compassionate people. Wrong. To read the victim's statements much less what the judge said in his sentencing ruling we seem to be similar to some sort of Islamic justice system. Not only did we sentence this man to three times his life expectancy if he'd committed his crime in his prime, but we yelled humiliations at him. What the heck does that get us?

And for deterrence to other Ponzi scheme or corporate crime? Well, most of those guys are now booking flights to countries without extradition treaties. Why bother confessing?

In the federal system, even if his sentence was 12 years, he would still have to serve 85% of his time. That's a lot of time for a 70 year old man.

So remind me, what was the point of this sentence? Oh, I know, we are into vengeance. And that's good because....?