Convicted American fraudster Bernie Madoff has requested a compassionate release from his 150-year prison sentence, saying he has terminal kidney failure and fewer than 18 months to live.
The rich and famous were among Madoff's victims, as well as thousands of people of lesser means who had invested with him unknowingly through feeder funds.
"Madoff's health has and will continue to deteriorate, and he will require more assistance physically and medically leading up to his death," attorney Brandon Sample wrote. The Bureau of Prisons denied Madoff's request for release in December, according to court papers, saying it would"minimise the severity of his offence." The agency lists Madoff's release date as November 14, 2139.Madoff's motion mentions Scotland's controversial release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who was convicted in 2001 of blowing up Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, killing 270 people.
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