[nickcarraway]

Does this mean Madoff has more decency than John Edwards?

[A CA Guy]

I think he has the same appointment for himself with a little help in jail IMO.

[dfwgator]

I wonder if Fred Phelps and his gang will show up?

[trumandogz]

While he won’t be going to his son’s funeral, I have an idea whose funeral he will be allowed to attend.

[gorush]

"He will not be attending the funeral service out of consideration of his daughters-in-law and grandchildren’s privacy"

Well, that and the law preventing his attendance, butting spinning is still allowed under the statute.

[Outlaw Woman]

Nothing would keep me away...this "protect the family's privacy" is nothing but a cover. Their privacy was breached long ago. Disgusting...this man doesn't even have honor in prison.

[dfwgator]

He should spend time in the box, just like they made Cool Hand Luke, during his mother’s funeral.

[Lazlo in PA]

I got the impression that this guy was such a sociopath that this probably doesn't effect him in the least. Why hit the funeral when you can take a nap.

[Non-Sequitur]

“He will not be attending the funeral service out of consideration of his daughters-in-law and grandchildren’s privacy,” Sorkin said in a statement. “He will conduct a private service on his own where he is currently residing.”

"Where he is currently residing??????"

[TheThirdRuffian]

Wonder if I can send Bernie a dog collar in honor of his son?

[GOP Poet]

This is a man who truly screwed his family as a Husband, Father, and Grandfather. Although they lived the high life and clearly, from his deceased son's digs in Manhattan, a fine life still, he left only humiliation and devastation regarding the earthly goods and social niceties of this earth.

Sad the young Madoff, in his anguish, was unable to turn to a higher source to comfort him.

As one who has often dealt with suicidal tendencies, it has always been my ultimate line that I could not bear to leave this earth at my own hand and give God the bird. No matter how bad it gets there is ALWAYS hope. Sad whenever a soul can't feel that or hope for it. That is true darkness. God bless this son's soul. May he one day find a peace in the Lord.

May we all share hope and inspiration to all of those around us. You never know when you have given them the litter light or big light they need to bear another day and give God one more chance at sheltering them with peace.

[ladyvet]

Are prisoners normally allowed to go to funerals?

[Ann Archy]

Soooooo, it was up to BERNIE whether he attended the funeral??? NOT THE PRISON SYSTEM??? WHY THE HELL would he be let out for a funeral UNLESS ALL Prisoners are let out for funerals!! Good grief!! Actions have CONSEQUENCES!