Any comments about Mr Madoff?

[glatt]

Originally Posted by sugarpop

Well my take is, since he didn't make a deal, they are not protected.

Yes and no. While it's true that there is no official protection from the government now, any deal he would have made would have required him to divulge information about the entire scam and would likely have implicated his family. So making a deal for a lighter sentence would have hurt his family more than pleading guilty and shutting his mouth. He is protecting the family from the government as best he can by staying quiet. They are more protected this way.