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Bernard Madoff says he is dying and is asking a judge for compassionate release from prison, where he is serving 150 years for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, according to a Wednesday federal court filing.

Madoff, 81, has terminal kidney failure and a life expectancy of less than 18 months. When the court sentenced him, “it was clear that Madoff’s 150-year prison sentence was symbolic for three reasons: retribution, deterrence, and for the victims,” the court filing states. “This Court must now consider whether keeping Madoff incarcerated … is truly in furtherance of statutory sentencing goals and our society’s value and understanding of compassion.”

Madoff said in the request for compassionate release that he “does not dispute the severity of his crimes.”

Bernie Madoff says he's dying and wants out of prison - KRDO

Bernard Madoff says he is dying and is asking a judge for compassionate release from prison, where he is serving 150 years for orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, according to a Wednesday federal court filing. Madoff, 81, has terminal kidney failure and a life expectancy of less...

krdo.com

IMO- stay in jail

 

[GrandmaBear]

The week or however many days recap I saw:

Montgomery of course was convicted.

Bigsby is coming up, starts jury selection is today? Another child murderer, let's hope for the same.

Troconis was convicted on all charges. Hooray. Another jury who got it right and they took some time.

Soto. An arrest. Not on her murder but pretty clear who the suspect is, even news as much as says so and has no doubts to speak of.

I don't follow the Hollywood case crap much but Baldwin's thing and case goes on.

News and trials in such in a few others I really don't watch and don't think anyone else here really does either or they aren't on here.

I"m probably forgetting a few things but just off top of head.

Oh in Maya Milette, it never ends, and is sooooo wrong. He has broken ever order and you name it for years and yet no consequences. Her children remain with the wrong family. For some reason county jail let him have video visits that were forbidden.... HOW does such happen.... Money? Influence? Care less about doing your job and enforcing coutt orders...?

 

[RoundPeg]

Update on the bridge/semi rescue I posted. I feel so bad for this lady.

‘I look behind and I see the semi’: Driver says her electric car stalled on Clark Memorial Bridge moments before collision

"You start to realize how many people could've died as a result of this faulty car," Glenna Hess said.

www.whas11.com

 

[Guess Who]

Update on the bridge/semi rescue I posted. I feel so bad for this lady.

‘I look behind and I see the semi’: Driver says her electric car stalled on Clark Memorial Bridge moments before collision

"You start to realize how many people could've died as a result of this faulty car," Glenna Hess said.

www.whas11.com

I see far too many horror stories from people that bought from Carvana. I've also never understood buying a car without being able to test it out first, especially a used car with no warranty for at least a bit of protection.

 

[GrandmaBear]

As if we need any more awful child cases, here is one I unfortunately heard of that I haven't seen here.

 

[Mel70]

Good God. Help us.

Child's decomposed body found in duffel bag in Philadelphia neighborhood

A badly decomposed body of a child has been found inside a duffel bag by crews who were cleaning a site in west Philadelphia.

apnews.com

 

[Mel70]

As if we need any more awful child cases, here is one I unfortunately heard of that I haven't seen here.

I have never heard about this case. 1984?!!! WOW! He would be 40, Or would have been this yyear.I believe they are guilty. But what happened that day?. I hope they do get the death penalty. Even on the grounds of being ugly, White trash, Rednecks.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Good God. Help us.

Child's decomposed body found in duffel bag in Philadelphia neighborhood

A badly decomposed body of a child has been found inside a duffel bag by crews who were cleaning a site in west Philadelphia.

apnews.com

This may be Damari Carter. Thread here:

PA - DAMARI CARTER: Missing from Philadelphia, PA - 25 Nov 2023 - Age 4

https://6abc.com/homicide-missing-child-investigation-death/14286511/ Missing 4-year-old presumed dead in Philadelphia, mother and boyfriend facing homicide charges A West Philadelphia mother is facing charges in connection with the disappearance of her 4-year-old son, who is presumed dead...

www.crimewatchers.net

 

[GrandmaBear]

I have never heard about this case. 1984?!!! WOW! He would be 40, Or would have been this yyear.I believe they are guilty. But what happened that day?. I hope they do get the death penalty. Even on the grounds of being ugly, White trash, Rednecks.

You got that right. Never heard of it either. I don't go look for such, think I had watched something else on her and it continued on or some such when I I went to do something, then it caught me when I sat back down as I wish they wouldn't but child ones do if I start to even listen. I ended up in more of them because the child was missing than I ever set out intending to. Then the cases TURN. This was something else.

Child in duffel bag you linked too, awful, whether Damari or any missing child we may not even know about or have heard of like the one you commented on to me. This world is full of heathens. There seems to be a neverending supply of such. Sadly. Disgustingly. Devastatingly.

Happy to see you though1

 

[RoundPeg]

I was not expecting that.

 

[RoundPeg]

Looks like a sex trafficking investigation.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/25/feds-raid-sean-combs-properties-in-la-miami-on-search-warrants-out-of-new-york.html

 

[Cousin Dupree]

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234684758/sean-combs-diddy-allegations-timeline

 

[Mel70]

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234684758/sean-combs-diddy-allegations-timeline

P. Diddy. Sean "Puffy" Combs. Idiot!!!

 

[Mel70]

Looks like a sex trafficking investigation.

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/25/feds-raid-sean-combs-properties-in-la-miami-on-search-warrants-out-of-new-york.html

POS!!! "Hip-Hop Mogul". Psh. Thank you for posting this @RoundPeg.

 

[Guess Who]

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234684758/sean-combs-diddy-allegations-timeline

seems that diddy was diddling in places he shouldn't have been..

 

[Cousin Dupree]

POS!!! "Hip-Hop Mogul". Psh. Thank you for posting this @RoundPeg.

I started a thread on this: P. Diddy accused of sex trafficking, sexual assault

It looks like it's going to trial eventually.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Woman extradited back to Maricopa County to face charges connected to adoptive son's death

Crystal Wilson is charged with abandonment and concealing a body in connection to the death of Jesse Wilson, her adoptive son.

www.12news.com

Author: Jolyn Hannah
Published: 9:22 PM MST March 4, 2023
Updated: 9:41 PM MST March 4, 2023

MARICOPA COUNTY, Ariz. — A woman charged in connection to the death of her adoptive son in Buckeye has been extradited from Georgia back to Arizona.

Crystal Wilson, 54, is charged with abandonment and concealing a body in connection to the death of Jesse Wilson, her adoptive son.

Wilson was booked into the Maricopa County jail on Friday, following her arrest in Gainesville, Georgia on Dec. 12, 2022.

* sigh *

Jesse Wilson: Criminal case against adoptive mother 'will not be moving forward at this time'

Buckeye Police officials say a criminal case against the adoptive mother of Jesse Wilson, who went missing in 2016 and whose remains were subsequently found two years later, will no longer be moving forward.

www.fox10phoenix.com

Jesse Wilson: Criminal case against adoptive mother 'will not be moving forward at this time'​

"While Buckeye police worked closely with prosecutors to secure a grand jury indictment and make an arrest, it has been determined the evidence would not be enough to secure a conviction. We thank the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for their assistance," read a portion of the statement.

Police officials in Buckeye, however, stressed that this remains an active homicide investigation, and that the department will not give up on the case.

"This is a very complicated case, and we knew there would be challenges. The bottom line is Crystal Wilson is the only person who knows what happened to Jesse. Fortunately, the recent court action allows the Buckeye Police Department to present the case again when more information is developed," Buckeye Police officials wrote.

 

[Summer_Breeze]

MSN

Story by Jason Meisner, Madeline Buckley, Chicago
March 2, 2023

Nearly a year after being sentenced to five months in jail, only to be released on bond days later, actor Jussie Smollett has filed his long-awaited appeal claiming his indictment by a special prosecutor was invalid due to double-jeopardy concerns and that the trial judge was biased against him.

The 102-page brief filed Wednesday with the Illinois Appellate Court covered mostly familiar ground in the well-worn case against Smollett, the onetime “Empire” star who was convicted by a jury in December 2021 of paying two acquaintances to fake a racist and homophobic attack on him to get exposure and boost his career.

Illinois Supreme Court to hear Jussie Smollett's appeal over staged racist attack

There is no date set for the high court to hear arguments in the matter.

www.stltoday.com

• JOHN O'CONNOR Associated Press
• 1 hr ago

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal of actor Jussie Smollett's disorderly conduct conviction for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019, then lying to Chicago police about it.

The court on Wednesday accepted the appeal from Smollett, formerly a cast member of the television drama "Empire." It will review a December state appellate court ruling that upheld his 2021 conviction by a Cook County jury.

The case kicked up an international uproar and produced an intensive manhunt by Chicago police detectives.

There is no date set for the high court to hear arguments in the matter.

A special prosecutor refiled charges against Smollett after Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx dropped the case and Smollett forfeited his $10,000 bond and conducted community service, which Smollett argues ended the case.

In a 2-1 decision, the state's First District Appellate Court dismissed those claims, declaring that no one promised Smollett he wouldn't face a fresh prosecution after accepting the original deal. Justice Freddrenna Lyle dissented, calling the refiled charges "fundamentally unfair."

His attorneys have argued that Smollett, who is Black and gay, has been victimized by a racist and politicized justice system.

Smollett was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct for setting up the attack in which he claimed two men assaulted him on a Chicago street. He claimed they spouted slurs and an oath about being in "MAGA country" — an apparent reference to former President Donald Trump's rallying credo — before tossing a noose around his neck.

Testimony at his trial indicated Smollett paid $3,500 to two men whom he knew from "Empire," which was filmed in Chicago, to carry out the attack. But Smollett took the stand and told the jury, "There was no hoax."

He was sentenced to 150 days in jail — six of which he served before he was freed pending appeal — 30 months of probation and ordered to pay $130,160 in restitution.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Illinois Supreme Court to hear Jussie Smollett's appeal over staged racist attack

There is no date set for the high court to hear arguments in the matter.

www.stltoday.com

• JOHN O'CONNOR Associated Press
• 1 hr ago

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court will hear an appeal of actor Jussie Smollett's disorderly conduct conviction for staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019, then lying to Chicago police about it.

The court on Wednesday accepted the appeal from Smollett, formerly a cast member of the television drama "Empire." It will review a December state appellate court ruling that upheld his 2021 conviction by a Cook County jury.

The case kicked up an international uproar and produced an intensive manhunt by Chicago police detectives.

There is no date set for the high court to hear arguments in the matter.

A special prosecutor refiled charges against Smollett after Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx dropped the case and Smollett forfeited his $10,000 bond and conducted community service, which Smollett argues ended the case.

In a 2-1 decision, the state's First District Appellate Court dismissed those claims, declaring that no one promised Smollett he wouldn't face a fresh prosecution after accepting the original deal. Justice Freddrenna Lyle dissented, calling the refiled charges "fundamentally unfair."

His attorneys have argued that Smollett, who is Black and gay, has been victimized by a racist and politicized justice system.

Smollett was found guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct for setting up the attack in which he claimed two men assaulted him on a Chicago street. He claimed they spouted slurs and an oath about being in "MAGA country" — an apparent reference to former President Donald Trump's rallying credo — before tossing a noose around his neck.

Testimony at his trial indicated Smollett paid $3,500 to two men whom he knew from "Empire," which was filmed in Chicago, to carry out the attack. But Smollett took the stand and told the jury, "There was no hoax."

He was sentenced to 150 days in jail — six of which he served before he was freed pending appeal — 30 months of probation and ordered to pay $130,160 in restitution.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

 

[Cousin Dupree]