{"id":186,"date":"2009-06-29T14:55:20","date_gmt":"2009-06-29T14:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/communitynews\/2009\/06\/is-bernie-madoffs-sentence-fai.html"},"modified":"2009-06-29T14:55:20","modified_gmt":"2009-06-29T14:55:20","slug":"is-bernie-madoffs-sentence-fai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/communitynews\/2009\/06\/is-bernie-madoffs-sentence-fai.html","title":{"rendered":"Is Bernie Madoff&#8217;s Sentence Fair?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ponzi scheme fraudster Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison today. What do you think of this sentence?<br \/>\n&#8220;He certainly deserves the 150 years-every day of it,&#8221; writes member IreneAdler.<br \/>\n&#8220;He got more time than some who are convicted of murder &#8211; and that I do not understand,&#8221; writes member Justme333.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.beliefnet.com\/go\/thread\/view\/59723\/18042856\/Madoff_Gets_the_Max\">debate about Bernie Madoff<\/a> here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ponzi scheme fraudster Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison today. What do you think of this sentence? &#8220;He certainly deserves the 150 years-every day of it,&#8221; writes member IreneAdler. &#8220;He got more time than some who are convicted of murder &#8211; and that I do not understand,&#8221; writes member Justme333. 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