[AppyPappy]

Who wants to be the lawyer gets all the money? Like these rednecks HAVE $24M.

[dead]

Why not a hundred billion trillion?

[Cicero]

The move was applauded by nationally recognized civil rights lawyer Morris Dees, who along with Joe Levin established Alabama's Southern Poverty Law Center.

Good news for the lawyers, no doubt about that.

I think this kind of racial bigotry is horrible, and deserves to be punished by law. But I'm troubled by the disparities in the law. Knock someone on the head in NYC and steal their money, and you'll probably get off with a warning the first four or five times. Offend against political correctness, and they'll throw the book at you.

Cross burning has always struck me as a blasphemy against Christianity as well as racial bigotry. The KKK had some strange ideas.

[harpu]

If I were a member of the Ross family, I wouldn't be making any financial committments based on collecting this asinine award.

[Chad Fairbanks]

This is ridiculous - the criminal charges and convictions were enough...

[robertpaulsen]

"Maria Ross, who cried after the verdict was read, and her husband both said their case was not about money. They had originally sought $250,000 in damages from each defendant, but that figure was later increased to several million."

What??? Sure it's about the money, otherwise you wouldn't have asked for some!

What kind of "damages" do $1.25M cover? How can you stand there and say you were hurt to the tune of $1.25 MILLION, and then say it's not about the money?

BTW, where does Marshall get $490,000? Cross-burning insurance?

[Dog Gone]

I'll let anyone burn a cross in my front yard for a mere $12 million.

[CheezyD]

Uh oh. This can't be good for Robert Byrd. : )