Jury begins deliberations in Alex Jones' Sandy Hook trial
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October 7, 2022
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A jury began deliberations Thursday to decide how much conspiracy theorist Alex Jones should pay for pushing the lie that the 2012 Sandy Hook School massacre was a hoax.
A lawyer for the families of eight people killed and an FBI agent who responded to the mass shooting told jurors in closing arguments that Jones started lying about the shooting the day it happened and provided the machinery that allowed that lie to spread.
Jones' attorney countered by telling the jury his client didn't "invent the Internet" and argued jurors should not award excessive damages just beca...
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