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Posted By: Jeff Lichtman

Just curious-how does a de facto life sentence punish the man any less than a real life sentence? Shall we dig him up after he dies and make him do some more time? And if so, how do we deal with the rapists, murderers and terrorists that come through our courts?

Edited to add: both Adam and I are victims, respectively, of Skilling and Bernie Ebbers. And we've both told you how we felt. Everytime an MCI cold caller calls me at home to ask me to switch my service, right before I tell them to go F themselves, I ask for the 15K back that Bernie stole from me. That usually leaves them speechless (apparently that eventuality is not on the script).