Summary
The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld a $965 million verdict against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for spreading false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax, leading to threats and harassment of victims’ families and an FBI agent.
While affirming the historic compensatory damages, the court vacated $150 million in punitive damages tied to Connecticut’s Unfair Trade Practices Act, reducing Jones’s total liability to $1.2 billion, including a prior Texas ruling.
Jones plans to appeal, but Sandy Hook families view the decision as a significant step toward justice.
The “justice” system favors the rich because under-regulated capitalism has made it inevitable.
The former is in large part a tool to enforce the latter, so it’s disingenuous to pretend that they’re separate.