Convicted murderer receives HUGE civil suit award!

[army judge]

I remember this horrific crime.
It happened 20 years ago in Cook County, IL.

Two useless thugs bumbled a robbery at closing time of a fast food chicken joint.
They herded a half dozen employees into a walk in cooler, tempers flared, the murderers killed all of the workers.

Eventually police nabbed the two thugs who got away with 2,000 bucks after killing six people.

Fast forward a few years, both dudes were convicted and confined to an Illinois penal colony.

A disturbance kicks off, corrections officer has to punch the killer :dgrin to quiet the situation.

CO said he was in fear of death, and the killer gets beat up badly.

The kicker: Illinois civil court jury awarded the killer $225,000 in damages for the beating.

The taxpayers of Cook County are on the hook for that debt.

The poor CO got stuck with a punitive award of $226,000 owed to the poor killer.

The thug will live out his reminding days in relative comfort, no worries about commissary for him now. :nuts

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-wins-500-000-lawsuit-guard-punched-him.html

 

[Betty3]

An article on that was in our area paper today.

 

[Proserpina]

Proof positive that "convicted killer" does not equate to "it's okay to assault me because well, I'm here in the first place...".

Thankfully.