Bernard Madoff will not appeal the 150-year jail sentence he was given earlier this month, his attorney said Thursday.
"We are not going to be appealing," Madoff’s lawyer Ira Sorkin said, according to Reuters. "That’s our decision and we have no further comment."
Madoff has not yet been assigned a permanent prison.
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