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?

  • TallonMetroid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Maybe they’ll put him on a work program or some shit and garnish the wages? No way that’ll ever amount to $5mil though.

    Or maybe he’ll start a GoFundMe. /s

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      1 year ago

      Since he’s in prison, the reality is that the amount he’s paying is negative. Instead of paying the government money in the form of a fine, he’s costing the government money because he’s in prison and needs to be fed, housed and guarded.

    • Neato@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Indeed. It appears he didn’t have a lucrative career beforehand. Even if he wasn’t in prison and worked for 50 years and had 25% of disposable income garnished (the maximum amount) he’d need $37,000 of disposable income, per month.

      I’m not saying those lives are worth less, they are definitely worth more. But this sum was never going to be recouped.