Mississippi Justice

Jeff Taylor | 12.10.2002 5:31 AM

So 60 Minutes does a story on Mississippi juries sticking big civil awards on big out-of-state companies in perverse rounds of "jackpot justice."

So what do the jurors mentioned on the broadcast do? Sue the TV show for $6 billion. That's $597 million in actual damages and $5.9 billion in punitive damages for their defamation.

Yep, that sure proves Morley and friends were wrong.

Jeff Taylor is a contributing editor at Reason.