A despicable creature who sought to enrich himself off of his lies about the death of innocent children. There's no monetary amount that can equate to the pain he's caused the parents and families of the dead, nor the stain on a society that is markedly less-perfect because a monster like him can even exist.
I think this is an odd view and one that doesn't generalize very well. On Netflix, for example, the top show profits off of the victims of Jeffrey Dahmer. Families of Dahmer's victims have expressed their displeasure and hurt that their loss is dramatized for entertainment and profit. Likewise, people accused the Kennedy assassination of being fake, 9/11 attacks were an inside job, and so on.
I cannot imagine the loss these parents have experienced. It's certainly a deplorable thing to falsely accuse them of faking that loss. I would support making it illegal and punishable by criminal offense to harass, or encourage the harassment of, the bereaved.
That said, we don't live in a society that protects victims from the cruel speech of others. Except, as it turns out, if the perpetrators of that speech are ideological and political enemies of the government.
Didn't they admit that this verdict wasn't based on any sort of actual damages incurred, but "enough to make sure that he, personally, can never recover"?
This is great for the victims. It’s fascinating how damages work. People falsely imprisoned for decades get orders of magnitude less money from the government.
Law really is fascinating, but hopefully the victims can have sole closure now that this charade (on Jones part) is over.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 24.9 ms ] threadI cannot imagine the loss these parents have experienced. It's certainly a deplorable thing to falsely accuse them of faking that loss. I would support making it illegal and punishable by criminal offense to harass, or encourage the harassment of, the bereaved.
That said, we don't live in a society that protects victims from the cruel speech of others. Except, as it turns out, if the perpetrators of that speech are ideological and political enemies of the government.
What part of my view is odd? I explicitly disassociated the financial penalty awarded from his actions.
Law really is fascinating, but hopefully the victims can have sole closure now that this charade (on Jones part) is over.