FILE PHOTO: Accused swindler Bernard Madoff exits the Manhattan federal court house in New York, U.S. on January 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday rejected Bernard Madoff's request to be released early from prison because he was dying of kidney failure, saying the swindler has never fully accepted responsibility for his massive, decades-long Ponzi scheme.
Circuit Judge Denny Chin, who called Madoff's crimes "extraordinarily evil" when imposing a 150-year sentence in June 2009, wrote that while Madoff's failing health was "most unfortunate," compassionate release was unwarranted.
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