Symptoms include: Pain and tenderness in the ball of the foot and the big toe; Swelling and bruising of the ball of the foot and the big toe; Inability to bear weight on the ball of the injured foot; Inability to push off on the big toe; Reduced range of motion in the big toe.
Lawyer Ira Lee Sorkin, who represents Madoff, asked for a 12-year sentence. In a letter to the judge, Sorkin explained that his 71-year-old client has an approximate life expectancy of 13 years and isn't likely to outlive the requested sentence by more than a year.
Follow @TIME. The first official list of Bernie Madoff victims, numbering some 13,500, has been made public in a Manhattan U.S. Bankruptcy Court filing, and the names range from celebrities to average working stiffs. (See a PDF of the official list of victims.)