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If I Were the Judge

If I were the judge assigned to the case(s) which will likely be brought against Bernie Madoff in a federal court — presumably in Manhattan — my first concern would be the obligation to afford him a constitutionally fair trial. This will be no easy task. I am aware that the public is generally baffled [...]

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Letters to WestView January 2009

Dear Editor,
I had been taking in the bad economic news with an attitude of jaunty, wise-cracking, hard-boiled realism mixed with a wary eye towards its impact on my own cost of living. But I was really set back on my heels by the Bernie Madoff story. That was the anvil that finally broke the back [...]

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