Besides Tom Doak missing out on a project, the real tragedy of the Stanford/Madoff collaspes is that a heck of a lot of foundations and other non-profits had their money invested with these two worthless pieces of s__t.
The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Foundation was capitalized at $300m. Now that money and the income derived from it, will no longer be available to fund a great deal of very worthy projects. At least two groups I know in Boston are on the verge of shutting down due to this catastrophe. You can say that a non-profit should be more circumspect in their investments, but that doesn't mean much to a six year old who has been benefiting from their largesse.
Madoff will most likely serve less time than if he held up a gas station. Since we have reached back into history to suspend habeas corpus, we should bring back public flogging for these people.