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Consider a few issues: - the foremost among the perpetrators are dead - the rest of the family is culpable, but less so - the settlement money will now be en
by chasil 2y ago
Consider a few issues:
- the foremost among the perpetrators are dead
- the rest of the family is culpable, but less so
- the settlement money will now be entirely repurposed for legal defense
- meanwhile the victims get nothing
Does justice demand punishment or compensation?
- pdonis 2y agoThat's basically the argument made in the dissenting opinion. I find the split among the justices here very interesting as it is not along party lines, as such splits usually are.
- naasking 2y ago> Does justice demand punishment or compensation? Which outcome provides the greatest disincentive against anyone else even contemplating doing something like this ever again?
- BobbyJo 2y agoIt generally demands deterrence. Helping the victims out is great, and the proceedings should do that as best they can, but the largest benefit that can be brought to society as a whole is showing that doing these kinds of things will be bad for you.