Q&A: Did Madoff Get What He Deserved?

The Epoch Times asks New Yorkers, “Did Bernie Madoff get what he deserved?”
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Q&A: Did Madoff Get What He Deserved?
Elliott, 49, Manhattan, Real Estate&#8212'It's perfect. He did a horrible thing.'
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/1frank_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/1frank_medium.jpg" alt="Francesca Mc Laughlin, 23, Manhattan, Actress&#8212'He had it coming to him, you reap what you sow.'" title="Francesca Mc Laughlin, 23, Manhattan, Actress&#8212'He had it coming to him, you reap what you sow.'" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-88326"/></a>
Francesca Mc Laughlin, 23, Manhattan, Actress—'He had it coming to him, you reap what you sow.'
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/1Anthony_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/1Anthony_medium.jpg" alt="Anthony Mendoza, 24, Bronx, Cook&#8212'I don't think it's enough. It doesn't matter how much time he does, those people are still not going to get their money back. Maybe if it was another country he would be shot.'" title="Anthony Mendoza, 24, Bronx, Cook&#8212'I don't think it's enough. It doesn't matter how much time he does, those people are still not going to get their money back. Maybe if it was another country he would be shot.'" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-88327"/></a>
Anthony Mendoza, 24, Bronx, Cook—'I don't think it's enough. It doesn't matter how much time he does, those people are still not going to get their money back. Maybe if it was another country he would be shot.'
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/1Kris_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/1Kris_medium.jpg" alt="Kris Peebles, 20, Brooklyn, Student&#8212'Well, what would you do? There are no rules when it comes to billions of dollars, maybe millions but not billions.'" title="Kris Peebles, 20, Brooklyn, Student&#8212'Well, what would you do? There are no rules when it comes to billions of dollars, maybe millions but not billions.'" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-88328"/></a>
Kris Peebles, 20, Brooklyn, Student—'Well, what would you do? There are no rules when it comes to billions of dollars, maybe millions but not billions.'
<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/1elliot_medium.jpg"><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/1elliot_medium.jpg" alt="Elliott, 49, Manhattan, Real Estate&#8212'It's perfect. He did a horrible thing.'" title="Elliott, 49, Manhattan, Real Estate&#8212'It's perfect. He did a horrible thing.'" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-88329"/></a>
Elliott, 49, Manhattan, Real Estate—'It's perfect. He did a horrible thing.'
NEW YORK—Swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison after ripping off a slew of individuals, charities, corporations, and celebrities like Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel and movie star Kevin Bacon. Do you think he got what he deserved?

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