A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 has agreed to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims.

Genuinely curious and ignorant about restitution from inmates who spend the read of their lives in prison.

How would he ever be able to pay 5M+ USD?

  • shalafi@lemmy.world
    222·
    1 year ago

    Patrick Crusius was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences

    This is a non-story. Hell, if I was in prison, with no hope of reprieve, I’d agree to whatever you put in front of me. What were we supposed to learn here?

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
      171·
      1 year ago

      Perhaps this is to ensure that any future income he might get is already earmarked for families. What income you ask? If a killer later signs a book deal or sells the movie/TV rights, that could represent quite a bit of money for the victims. By getting an agreement now, there won’t be a fight in the future.