Setting Bernie Free

By Jonathan Dobrer on August 26, 2009 6:11 PM | | Comments (0) |

bernie.jpegI read that Bernie Madoff may have pancreatic cancer and only a few months to live. It should be obvious that the only decent compassionate thing to do is to grant him compassionate release.

After all, he didn't blow up a plane. He didn't murder anyone. Okay, he ruined some folks and there have been some Madoff induced suicides reported, but he didn't set out to blow these people up.

If the Lockerbie bomber, al-Megrahi, got compassionate release from the good people of Scotland--with some not so gentle nudging from Brown's government, shouldn't we really match British compassion? I don't want to be a cruel and heartless nation. Those days are gone.

Follow the English Scottish example and let Bernie go. Set him free. Send him to Libya.
©2009 Jonathan Dobrer
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