It took 12 years for a court to order Alex

[MOMFUDSKI]

Jones to liquidate his assets to pay parents of dead kids what they were awarded. They call this JUSTICE

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Justice hasn't even sped up in the digital age.

A disgrace. All that technology, all the databases, government/legal websites, and the snail's pace reigns.

[dobleremolque]

2. Once you understand that the goal of the law industry in the United States is to

administer the statutes and rules of procedure without error or gaffe that could lead to reversal on appeal, you won't be surprised. Very occasionally, the U.S. system results in "justice", but that isn't the day-to-day goal most of its practitioners.

[MOMFUDSKI]

3. I get all that.

But 12 fuckin’ years?

[Ohio Joe]

4. It did not take 12 years

The suit was filed in 2018.

[MOMFUDSKI]

8. I was referring to the 12 years from the time

the kids were killed until today. Thanks

[Mr.WeRP]

11. Sometimes Justice must be asked for in order for it to be administered

[ShazzieB]

13. That's just what I was going to say!

Where did 12 years come from? The shooting wasn't even 12 whole years ago; it will be 12 years this coming December.

Jones started with the lies on his broadcast in April 2013 (just over 11 years ago), and the first parents filed suit in April 2018 (6 years ago). He was found liable for defamation in September 2021, and the amount of the damages was determined by a Texas jury in Auust 2022.

The whole timeline is here: https://www.reuters.com/legal/legal-fallout-alex-jones-false-sandy-hook-claims-2022-09-13/

[jaxexpat]

20. Okay, I'll go. I get all that but, 6 fuckin' years?

Yer welcome. Have the plaintiff's been paid yet?

[OverBurn]

5. October 2022: Connecticut jury awards $965 million in compensatory damages.

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/state/2024/06/06/timeline-lawsuits-alex-jones-sandy-hook-shooting-infowars-false-claims/73985486007/

[TomSlick]

7. The wheels of justice often turn slowly but they grind exceedingly fine.

Alex will be left without a pot or a window.

[senseandsensibility]

9. I saw a clip of him literally

crying today on MSNBC. I mean wailing like a three year old with snot running out of his nose. I thought these freaks were supposed to at least pretend to be macho.

[TwilightZone]

10. No, it didn't.

No one even tried to hold him liable until 2018, when the suit was filed.

I get the point you're trying to make, but it did not take "a court" 12 years to find him liable and order him to liquidate assets. Your assertion is simply false.

[Evolve Dammit]

12. OK then 6 years? You and I would have been tried and decision rendered in less than 2?

[ShazzieB]

14. 6 years is about right.

Suit was filed in April 2018, he was found liable for defamation in September 2021, and the amount of the damages was determined by a Texas jury in August 2022. Since then, there's been wrangling about how he's going to pay up.

So it's been a little over 6 years from the lawsuit being filed until now.. That's not bad at all for a major lawsuit involving that kind of money,

The whole timeline is here: https://www.reuters.com/legal/legal-fallout-alex-jones-false-sandy-hook-claims-2022-09-13/

[Evolve Dammit]

18. Thanks. Seems like a long time for those families

[onenote]

19. Are you an attorney? Have you ever tried a case like this one?

[malaise]

15. There was a hilarious discussion on local radio some years ago

as a man argued with the popular host about the length of time a case was taking. He was adamant and reminded her that they solve everything in an hour on Law and Order.

I am just glad that Pillow Guy will be penniless/

We have been thoroughly ruined on matters justice by TV programms. Perry Mason also solved cases quickly

[MOMFUDSKI]

16. We have also been thoroughly ruined by

the likes of cannon.

[malaise]

17. Scalia, Thomas, Alito

And others.

[DENVERPOPS]

22. No shit

How DARE they be allowed to even be called: "Justices".............can they even be held accountable by ANY branch of the Government for their corrupt and criminal deeds?????????? The Republicans certainly used their corrupt appointments to pad the opinions of the USSC. The USSC corruptly and un-constituionally appointed Bush in 2000, failed to question the corruption in the voting machines in 2004, and here we are today..........
If you think this Republican controlled group of "justices" has made some horrific calls so far, just wait for the decisions in the next few months about some extremely important matters. If Trump gets in, as far as their rulings then, it will be:
KATIE BAR THE DOOR.............

They have been working at this overall current situation since 1980 when HW and Cheney committed treason to rig the voting for Reagan and against Carter. It came to a head in the 2016 election. They did the same thing with Comey? another of their infamous "October Surprises" to go after Hillary two weeks before the election.......

They demonstrated what lengths they will go to, to try and overthrow (corruptly and un-constitutionally) our Democracy.
And they damn near pulled it off on J6th..........Thx to Pelosi who blocked Alito from pulling an "end run" and Pence finally seeing they were directing the crowd to kill him if necessary, he insisted on declaring a Democrat victory that night......

This "New" Republican Party of the top Uber Rich 1%, are pulling all stops this time around, and to top it off, they have the Republican corrupted Supreme Court in their basket of goodies "Standing Back and Standing BY, to put the final nail in the coffin if needed, much the same as in 2000.........

I don't know if anyone else is frightened to even think about the night of November 5th, and even more so about November 6th, but I am far more than concerned. I think we will witness something far worse than this Nation and Democracy has ever experienced in the entire history of this nation......

[republianmushroom]

21. Our 2 tier justice system, if, you have the wealth to play the system.

[slightlv]

23. I just did a run thru of "Star Trek: Discovery"

again. One line stood out to me... I'm probably paraphrasing here but it was something to the point of -- the Law without taking into account context (circumstances) does NOT lead to Justice.

I wonder... have we *ever* had a judicial/law system that took into account the reasons behind a crime... both good and bad... and ruled in accordance to the context, not just to the letter of the "law"? The closest I can think of is when juries decided NOT to punish pot users. I remember even around here in KS, some courts going crazy because the juries were taking it upon themselves to decide whether a broken "law" should be punished or not. Of course, this can backfire against the good, as we well know. But when juries start taking exception to the law and, in effect, nullify it by refusing to send "lawbreakers" to prison, and the concept goes as far as into our modern-day mythologies. Man, something is definitely upside-down!