> That's the kind of damage one could expect from the responsible of the school shooting itself The economic focus of the civil justice system, and the fact th

> That's the kind of damage one could expect from the responsible of the school shooting itself The economic focus of the civil justice system, and the fact that the dead can't claim damages for death, means that killing people who aren't the breadwinners that others depend on, and especially children who are themselves dependent economically, usually produces very limited damages, whereas defamation of the living with wide reach and high impact has very large damages. Criminal consequences, of course, scale differently.