# Will Madoff's sentencing in court tomorrow be televized? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061 "2009-03-11T11:25:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/1 "2009-03-11T11:25:48Z")
If yes, what time and Channel? I’ll have to DVR it. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/2 "2009-03-11T13:14:38Z")
I have had this odd feeling he’s going to kill himself ever since I heard he was going to plead guilty. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/3 "2009-03-11T18:00:42Z")
And the sooner the better. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/4 "2009-03-11T18:08:59Z")
I would think that if suicide was the plan, he would plead not guilty, to draw out the legal process as long as possible, giving him a couple more years to spend his stolen fortune… But, with a person such as this, I guess you cant be sure what he is capable of. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/5 "2009-03-11T18:53:24Z")
The plea will happen in the coming days. The sentencing won’t be for several months. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/6 "2009-03-11T18:54:43Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > The plea will happen in the coming days. The sentencing won’t be for several months. Fock! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/7 "2009-03-11T18:54:48Z")
I believe it is in federal court, where proceedings are not televised. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/8 "2009-03-11T20:23:05Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > I have had this odd feeling he’s going to kill himself ever since I heard he was going to plead guilty. Do we at least get to watch that on TV? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/9 "2009-03-11T23:21:34Z")
not anymore. once was more than enough. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/10 "2009-03-12T15:57:45Z")
Aaaaaaand Madoff is going straight to jail (do not pass Go) pending sentencing. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/11 "2009-03-12T16:14:16Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Aaaaaaand Madoff is going straight to jail (do not pass Go) pending sentencing. Hurray!!! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/12 "2009-03-12T17:55:54Z")
fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/13 "2009-03-12T22:23:02Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > The plea will happen in the coming days. The sentencing won’t be for several months. About three, to be more precise. Sentencing is set for June 16. This is according to morning drive radio news, so accuracy updates may yet be in order. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/14 "2009-03-13T02:11:45Z")
He plead guilty to all charges with no plea deal? Who does that? Do you guys really believe someone this powerful and wealthy didn’t strike some kind of under-the-table cushy cell? Even the trial keeps him in county lockup and out of Shawshank, why wouldn’t he drag this out? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/15 "2009-03-13T02:22:17Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > He plead guilty to all charges with no plea deal? Who does that? Someone who doesn’t want to agree to testify against his sons, I bet. [/wild speculation] ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/16 "2009-03-13T05:14:50Z")
He wants to take all the heat so his family is not charged and they can keep their fortune. Didn’t feel the same about the people he stole from. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/17 "2009-03-13T05:54:19Z")
There are also rumors going around that Madoff has pancreatic cancer; if true, it could explain why he’s willing to take the full rap for all of this. He may not even live to be sentenced in June. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/18 "2009-03-13T11:21:35Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > There are also rumors going around that Madoff has pancreatic cancer; if true, it could explain why he’s willing to take the full rap for all of this. He may not even live to be sentenced in June. I’d been thinking he’d come down with a serious “heart condition” and would have to be confined to hospital. Pancreatic cancer makes more sense. Easy to take jail time if he’s on the way out. I hope Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg pees on his grave. And we nail all his accomplices whether he lives or dies. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/19 "2009-03-13T13:44:21Z")
Why will this end with Bernie, why won’t prosecutors get the family as well? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061/20 "2009-03-13T14:50:59Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Why will this end with Bernie, why won’t prosecutors get the family as well? We have no way of knowing whether it will or won’t at this point. His wife, brother and sons are still being investigated. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-madoffs-sentencing-in-court-tomorrow-be-televized/489061.md?page=2)