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Finance Crime Scandal Crisis Chronicle The Resident

Should Madoff get what he deserves?

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Published 15 March, 2009, 08:56

Bernard Madoff has already appealed his sentence and is now seeking release until he is sentenced. The Resident, Lori Harfenist, finds out what the people of New York think about the fraudster’s plea.

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