11 Years Ain't What It Used To Be

So. You defraud people of their life savings to the tune of $50 million dollars and what do the courts do?

They give you a light sentence. 11 years for Earl Jones? With "good" behavior - like he's going to bite someone's dick off in prison - he may be out in two years.

Lives shattered. Families destroyed. And this bonehead gets pretty much a slap on the wrist? Bernie Madoff wishes he was Canadian. Wishes.

"He can rot in hell," his own brother Bevan Jones said.

Here's what I don't get. Prosecutors, the police, whatever, say they can't retrieve or find the money in fraud cases. If that's the case, then why let this guy have a chance to escape to another country to enjoy the rest of his life while his victims lay in tatters?

It makes no sense to me. We're tougher on smokers - I speak figuratively of course. If Jones defrauded people, increased his carbon footprint and smoked watch out!

I'm also about to make a bleeding heart statement. I feel for those old folks. It's not like they can go out and get a job and rebuild their savings. They've did their part for society. Now, they essentially become wards of the state. I would be glad to give to a slush fund of some kind to keep these people afloat. I know, the rest of us shouldn't pay for someone's mistakes, but this case is so extraordinary and disgusting, what's the alternative? They're going to be a drain anyway on society. There's no safety net for victims of this sort of fraud. I say this because the flood gates have already been open. Liberals want to "equalize" life and take of everyone yet in this case, it's not happening. Instead, a bunch of clueless able-bodied douches get to take advantage of the system.

In the end, life just isn't fair.

And Earle Jones can indeed rot in hell.