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Why the laugh? The State caused him injury. Would it be better to leave the injustice alone? Just say sorry? If this were a civil case he'd certainly be awarded
by proaralyst 9y ago
Why the laugh? The State caused him injury. Would it be better to leave the injustice alone? Just say sorry? If this were a civil case he'd certainly be awarded monetary damages.
- baybal2 9y agoCompared to payouts in other common law jurisdictions, that is, indeed, laughable.
- ztoben 9y agoWhat would a typical payout be?
- balabaster 9y agoI reckon $500 million should do it :P
- baybal2 9y agoAdd two zeroes. In commom common law, defamation damages are all, but damages: they are a sum of assumed and punitive damages. If accused is a corp., already large punitive damages are scaled to its size. UK's record damages were in above GPB 2M
- bloak 9y agoPunitive damages are a daft concept and only exist in the USA, I hope. GPB must be the Guadalupe Banana, right? Perhaps they have punitive damages in Guadalupe...
- paulie_a 9y agoKim dotcom would have to have dignity first in order to lose it
- nothrabannosir 9y agoNot op, but I do agree there is something hilariously ironic about that verdict, given the circumstances. In a “haha serves you right” kind of way.
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