Bernie Madoff is Free

So argues Norm Pattis.  He makes good points - at least regarding federal prison time.  Federal prison is not Club Fed, but it's not that bad.  This isn't due to a kind-and-gentle federal government.  It's due to the prison population.  In the federal system, you tend to be incarerated with druggies, crooks, and scammers rather than rapists and murders.  You have a lot of time to read books and think about life.  I can think of worse ways of living.