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Because court can only compensate actually proven material damage, not "suffering".

• amelius 7y ago
  Sure they can, e.g. look at the compensation for people who have been convicted wrongly.
  • tinus_hn 7y ago
    In the Netherlands the compensation for that is about €85,- a day. Not very helpful if you lose your job.
    • skissane 7y ago
      Which is shockingly poor. (But, not picking on the Netherlands here, for it is shockingly poor in lots of other countries too.)