tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8006489766411190653..comments2024-03-15T05:45:01.402-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Might white collar cases be next venue for innocence claims?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2523945332153725082009-10-23T09:51:51.689-05:002009-10-23T09:51:51.689-05:00Grits, thanks for providing the link to Tom Kirken...Grits, thanks for providing the link to Tom Kirkendall at Houston's Clear Thinkers. Everyone would benefit from reading Tom's discussion. <br /><br />Especially POSes like Acerbic and Anon.dorannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-56755875170235318912009-10-21T22:11:07.514-05:002009-10-21T22:11:07.514-05:00Just in case somebody missed the show:
http://www....Just in case somebody missed the show:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw_Tgu0txS0<br /><br />And more:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOKSkaQoF_IAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-54846844844673584012009-10-21T19:58:49.888-05:002009-10-21T19:58:49.888-05:00anon 7:37 there is no doubt that Bernie Madoff is ...anon 7:37 there is no doubt that Bernie Madoff is guilty. That is not a question up for debate. <br /><br />The real question is whether the government is broken and needs correcting in terms of both identifying and prosecuting the appropriate offenders.<br /><br />There are a myriad of reasons outlined in the SEC IG reports about the failure in this particular case and brought up in the Congressional hearings. And there are countless civil suits and legal arguments being waged as to who should ultimately pay.<br /><br />It is too early to know how it will all play out. But Grits has made the point that because the regulatory checks and the civil redress might not be enough to satisfy the investors losses, does that mean that criminal charges should then be brought to satisfy the blood lust? And if so, to whom?<br /><br />If that is the case, I think the government might well begin with themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-88643031886580000412009-10-21T19:52:18.244-05:002009-10-21T19:52:18.244-05:007:37, do you have a point or are you just being a ...7:37, do you have a point or are you just being a little snot-nosed POS?Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-14059299827970525162009-10-21T19:37:04.149-05:002009-10-21T19:37:04.149-05:00Maybe you should devote your entire time and blog ...Maybe you should devote your entire time and blog to helping Bernie Madoff prove his innocence. I'm sure he was a victim of life's circumstances, and he's really sorry. At some point, he'll claim actual innocence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-56782449126942717702009-10-21T18:00:08.887-05:002009-10-21T18:00:08.887-05:00Anyone who has listened to Markopolos' testimo...Anyone who has listened to Markopolos' testimony before Congress this year in regards to Madoff and the SEC cannot help but find that the SEC failed in their duties as a regulatory body.<br /><br />Too bad some of that prosecutorial zeal wasn't present at the SEC, beginning with the first complaint in 1992, when at least some of the damage could have been mitigated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-34768602033781510242009-10-21T14:31:40.059-05:002009-10-21T14:31:40.059-05:00It's something like the OJ trial, no one gave ...It's something like the OJ trial, no one gave a crap about domestic violence or the broken justice system until he was let off the hook. Then suddenly everyone became aware of the issues.<br /><br />I have no sympathy for these financial gurus who ruined our country with their scams. They are nothing more than sophisticated thieves as far as I'm concerned.<br /><br />But like OJ, if all their prominence leads to a focus on the underlying problems then so be it.Kelley Ryberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149602451285805738noreply@blogger.com