Court awards family $150,000,000,000 in damages.

[GoinAllTheWay]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

Wow, there's no way I can afford to rapes an 8 year old kid, pour gasoline on him and set him on fire. I'd better reconsider.

Dood....a bit much, no?

[Crazy Flamer]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

Wow, there's no way I can afford to rapes an 8 year old kid, pour gasoline on him and set him on fire. I'd better reconsider.

Wow, not sure if you were trying to make some sort of sarcastic joke, but that comment is all kinds of wrong.

[ken0042]

I think TTC is trying to say "how is this really going to be a deterant to others."

I think the size of the judgement just means the offender will never have anything of value ever again. Even if he does some sort of bankrupcy, owing $150B means if he owes somebody else $10K, the victim's partns still get 99.9999% of his assests.

So $15 million or $150 billion isn't relevant; just makes the point a little stronger.

[gargamel]

Originally Posted by ken0042

Even if he does some sort of bankrupcy, owing $150B means if he owes somebody else $10K, the victim's partns still get 99.9999% of his assests.

So $15 million or $150 billion isn't relevant; just makes the point a little stronger.

And really screws over the hypothetical guy who is owed $10k. Though I guess anyone deserves to lose out if they're dumb enough to do something on credit for a guy with $150 billion in liabilities.

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by ken0042

I think TTC is trying to say "how is this really going to be a deterant to others."

I think the size of the judgement just means the offender will never have anything of value ever again. Even if he does some sort of bankrupcy, owing $150B means if he owes somebody else $10K, the victim's partns still get 99.9999% of his assests.

So $15 million or $150 billion isn't relevant; just makes the point a little stronger.

Yeah, like the Sandusky sentence. 30 years will probably be life to him, but a lot of groups and people felt he should have been given closer to the possible 200 just to make a point and an example.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner

Wow, there's no way I can afford to rape an 8 year old kid, pour gasoline on him and set him on fire. I'd better reconsider.