Applause in court as disgraced financier Madoff gets 150 years - The Irish Times - Tue, Jun 30, 2009

Applause in court as disgraced financier Madoff gets 150 years - The Irish Times - Tue, Jun 30, 2009.HAD TO LAUGH AT THE IRISH TIMES"YOUR VOTE"DO YOU THINK NEW MEASURES TO TACKLE ORGANISED CRIME WILL BREACH CIVIL LIBERTIES.AND BESIDE IT A STORY OF MANDOFF BEEN SENT TO JAIL.THEN IF YOU READ RICHARD WAGHORNES ARTICLE IN THE DAILY MAIL[IRISH]IT GIVES THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IN THE TIMES"WHY CANT WE EVEN GET TO A TRIAL?"THE PEOPLE WHO IT IS SAID KIDNAPPED JIM LACEY WERE SENT BEFORE THE SPECIAL CRIMINAL COURTS.OTHERS WHO WERE ACCUSED IN THE WRONG WERE LEFT TO SWING,JUST LIKE ALL THOSE MENTIONED IN THE RYAN REPORT.THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THERE IS ONE LAW FOR A CERTAIN SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND TRIBUNALS FOR OTHERS,IE THE ELITE THEIR CRONIES AND FRIENDS.AS FOR EUGENE HOLLAND EVERYONE SEEMS TO GLOSS OVER WHAT HE SAID ABOUT WHAT CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER IN 1965.IT MUST SUIT A LOT OF PEOPLE TO FORGET THAT PARTICULAR YEAR OF HIS LIFE.?