Twittersphere raving about Madoff sentence

Within minutes of the Bernard Madoff sentencing being announced in a New York courtroom this morning, online messaging website Twitter was alive with reactions and thoughts.

The participants may not all speak English, but the gist of the message still came through, whatever language it was expressed in:

pksullivan1:
Bernie Madoff gets 150 years = seems only fitting. How about solitary confinement?

sharewise:
Bernard Madoff zu 150 Jahren Haft verurteilt!

kenazz:
Madoff's wife relinquished her claim to 80 million, holding onto "just" 2.5 million in cash. "just"?! as in "only"?!

HenrySantoro:
The boys in the big house have already changed Bernie Madoff's name to Bernice.

jwhitejr:
Bernie Madoff gets 150 years which is a good thing. I just wish he was going to a max sec fed pen instead of club fed many friends lost $.

IlSecoloXIX:
Condannato a 150 anni il finanziere Madoff: Bernard Madoff, il finanziere architetto della maggiore truffa della...

MarkJWalker27:
Madoff gets 150yrs; 2159 release date! 2.11x his current age. That's a lot of license-plates.

inewsroom:
White house says madoff judge used sentence to send strong signal, believes message will be heard.

snoopyjc:
Madoff's next trades will be in the cigarette market! :-) $$

dcteacher:
Just saw the madoff sentence. Wondering what is prison like for millionaire CEOs and celebrities?

wanda_missy:
Bernie Madoff got what he deserved, too bad that the folks that were ripped off can't at least get some $$ back.

robsimon7:
Bernie Madoff gets 150 years in prison...cancel my "weekend at Bernie's"!

Pastagaz:
150 ans de prison pour Madoff... une broutille !

russcurtis:
How far Madoff falls: Victims have already described him as "a thief and a monster," "a psychopathic lying egomaniac':

twinter374:
Madoff got 150 years. You think someone was trying to make statement?


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