Madoff Lawyer Seeks 12-year Sentence

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Tue, 06/23/2009 - 8:41am

Madoff lawyer seeks 12-year sentence

Bernard Madoff’s lawyer has told a judge scheduled to sentence the disgraced financier next week that 12 years in prison will be sufficient punishment.

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