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Connecticut court upholds $965 million verdict against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook

apnews.com Connecticut court upholds $965 million verdict against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook

The Connecticut Appellate Court has affirmed a $965 million verdict from 2022 against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Summary

The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a $965 million verdict against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for spreading false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, leading to threats and harassment of victims’ families and an FBI agent.

While affirming the historic compensatory damages, the court vacated $150 million in punitive damages tied to Connecticut’s Unfair Trade Practices Act, reducing Jones’s total liability to $1.2 billion, including a prior Texas ruling.

Jones plans to appeal, but Sandy Hook families view the decision as a significant step toward justice.

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Being able to appeal something multiple times is regressive af and just goes to show how the courts are
- Appeals work their way up the court levels. These aren't the same level of court making different determinations.
  
  The US Supreme Court can't determine every federal case in the country. And the State Supreme/Appeals court can't do the same for every state case.
  
  It's still regressive AF, in the sense that only the owner class / moneyed interests can afford to do it (especially while avoiding serving their punishment in the interim). Meanwhile, the working class rots in prison waiting for years for their overworked public defender to half-ass their case.
  
  Hey if we can put this case in front of enough judges maybe one will agree with us.
  
  Who's the next judge and see if they want a motorcoach?
The families had their fucking kids murdered and then had to be dragged through this. Put him 6ft under already
Make him pay up already!
~~Aww, that's too bad. Poor Alex.~~

Awesome!

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