CBS New York reports that Bernie Madoff has requested to speak to a judge in order to make a “dying, personal plea” for early release from prison.
Madoff, 81, is currently serving a 150-year sentence for a Ponzi scheme that saw him lose $17.5 billion given to him by investors. He has said and the Bureau of Prisons has agreed that he has less than 18 months to live due to kidney disease.
There is opposition from 500 victims of his Ponzi Scheme while only 20 of them support allowing Madoff to be released early.
Fred and Jeff Wilpon had extensive ties to Madoff as can be read about in this article from 2011 written by David Waldstein and Serge F. Kovaleski of the New York Times.
