And it still seems like a lot, but if you consider the loss of "earnings" from the future progeny that will now not be conceived (not to mention the public assistance these descendants would have received), the family settled cheap.
It may not look like it initially, but the lawful taxpayer comes out ahead.
Hmmm, perhaps I'm not the cynic I have assumed, and am actually a "glass half full" type of personality.
They clearly settled on the cheap...
Perhaps a strong-arm robber is good for 1.5 mil lifetime, but that does not take into consideration Brown’s potential talent. He could advance his skills over the years, and become a decent career criminal, branching off into more lucrative endeavors. Add up all that potential, and $1.5 mil he’d be clearing yearly.