Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, August 19 2012 @ 06:30 PM EDT |
It's no more daft than being ordered to pay 50 million for downloading a couple
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Authored by: JimDiGriz on Sunday, August 19 2012 @ 11:57 PM EDT |
Well he could have apologized, but he refused. Just think of the 4.5 million
fine as an incentive to apologize.
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Authored by: tknarr on Monday, August 20 2012 @ 03:11 AM EDT |
Well, consider the situation. It's not just a matter of stalking. The stalker
is an assistant attorney general. He's not just some random Joe, he's someone
who can bring significant official power to bear to back up his stalking. He's
using his office to spread extremely vicious lies about his target. And he's in
a position where he knows what he's doing is a gross violation of the
law, and he's doing it anyway as if he feels secure about not being prosecuted
for it. When called on it, he's not in the least repentant and flatly refused to
so much as apologize. So what can a jury do to him? This is a civil case, they
can't throw him in jail. They might order him to apologize, but an apology under
duress isn't worth the air used to speak it. They could order him to take down
his blog but that's hardly punishment, that's only what the law owes Armstrong
in the first place. So what exactly can a jury do to send a message loud and
clear not only to Shirvell but to all the others of his ilk: "This is not
acceptable. It's not legal. It's wrong. And if you do it, you will
not like the consequences."? What penalty can they impose that'll come close
to making Armstrong whole after having a government official pursuing a vendetta
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, August 20 2012 @ 05:50 PM EDT |
It's not the jury's money. Politicians are the same way with money. Large
numbers have almost no meaning to people.
4.5 million is over 2000 years of work at minimum wage (40
hour week * 52 weeks a year * 10 dollars per hour)
The US national debt 16,000,000,000,000 is 50,000 per person
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Authored by: Anonymous on Monday, August 20 2012 @ 08:03 PM EDT |
Actually he and his lawyers only asked for $25k, it was the jury that bumped it
up to $4.5M. He also offered to drop the case immediately if the lawyer made a
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