Bernie Madoff Gets a Christmas Gift: A Beating

I'm not in favor of inmates smacking the guy around, but I'm not losing any sleep over word that Bernie Madoff is in the hospital after getting a severe beating in prison.

Yeah, I know, the official account says that he "fell out of bed." Right. A local media outlet says, "According to the sources, Madoff came to Duke with facial fractures, broken ribs and a collapsed lung."

You don't get that from "falling out of the bunk" or from "high blood pressure," as his lawyer says.

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