Sparky-Watts said:What irks me also is the wrongful death thing. (I don't see how you can say that and the murder have nothing to do with each other). If he had been convicted of murder, the family couldn't have sued for wrongful death. Since he was acquitted of murder (stating that he didn't commit the murder) they were able to sue for wrongful death (stating that he did commit the murder). That is what doesn't make any sense. A civil court, in effect, found him guilty of a murder that a criminal court found him innocent of.
Oh, another reason it irks me is that he was acquitted on my birthday.
Cant you look at it the other way. He was aquited for the murder first. In my mind that means that a jury found him not guilty so he is then not guilty. I dont see how they can find him guilty in a civil court after he was already found not guilty. I am sure there is a lawyer out there who can explain it.