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Madoff Must Stay in Prison, Appeals Court Says

Mar. 20, 2009
Mr. Madoff had ample opportunity to move money abroad and, facing 150 years in prison, has incentive to flee, the three-judge panel ruled.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch