"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?
The damage would be pretty great if you were the one on the receiving end. Just how safe would you feel in your home from then on? How would your kids be affected? That loss of security in your own home should come at a high price to those who did the deed. The actual award was roughly $500,000. That is not out of line if you ask me especially when you consider they will probably get less than half of that in the end assuming they ever collect at all.