JUSTICE!

Why is it that rich people think that they can get away with things like this? Personally, they should have taken all his finances and given it to the family. People like Mack should be locked up and the key lost or destroyed. I’m glad he has to pay millions, he’s not going to need it anyway.

Although I understand the pain of the victim’s daughter and sympathise, I wonder what this win really accomplished. If there is no money to pay the lawyers, how will this killer ever pay the victim’s daughter?

No money!! Get real - this guy’s gotta have some serious dough hidden somewhere.

What a sad story. I don’t know this case at all but there is clearly only one victim left and that is the daughter. This man seems like an ego maniac who didn’t want to part with any of his money during his divorce. Then again who am I to say that his wife wasn’t a money grubbing tramp. Many of them are in these types of cases. They support their husband emotionally (most often not any other way since there is so much money I’m sure they had maids, caretakers, landscapers, gardeners, etc.), while being lavished in fine jewelry, clothes, homes, cars, etc. and somehow that is worth millions in a divorce. My wife supports me emotionally so is that worth millions? You should take out of a marriage exactly what you put in. Regardless she didn’t deserve to die and he does deserve life with no parole.
Hopefully others will learn a lesson from this.

Why do juries feels these extravagant awards are a good idea? Do they just pick a number out of the air? Every single penny of this man’s estate should go to the victim, does he have $590 million? shouldnt they be presented an accounting of a persons worth when they are deciding how much a victim should get? It’s just like a “victim” being awarded a billion dollars from the tobacco industry for getting cancer from smoking. That ridiculous figure just opens the door for special interests to start legislation in capping punitive damages awarded. These juries just make it harder for people to actually get any money they are awarded.

what was the point of the civil suit? He’s going to jail for a good long time and will have no income. He has no assets at this time. Is it just me or was this just a frivolous law suit or what? It was a waste of our tax dollars and accomplished absolutely nothing. How can a cash award that the estate will never see make anyone feel better or give any kind of closure. He had already admitted guilt. what more could you get from a penniless man?

What a joke…hope the jury had fun playing with their calculators. There’s no “message” - the guys actions were horrific and this does nothing to change that, absolutely nothing. I never want to hear another plaintiff’s lawyer say “we just wanted to send a message that…(fill in the blank)” after being awarded millions that will come from an insurance company. It’s not the “perp” that pays, it’s the rest of us that support the insurance company!

It is a civil suit and therefore the taxpayer doesn’t foot the bill. Mack will not voluntarily give his daughter his money so this judgement forces him to pass on what he has left. While he certainly does not have $509 million, he is not penniless contrary to the Mack family’s public comments to the contrary. This money will help to pay for college and other necessities for this little girl even if she receives but a fraction of the amount awarded.

this isn’t just about money, it also assures he will never have anything in the future.

There is a HUGE point to this judgment. The courts, and everyone else knows full well he will never be able to pay it off. The reason it is given is to make sure he NEVER gets anywhere in life. If he’s walking around free, whatever he makes will be garnished. Any tax deductions get taken immediately. He can never have anything of value. He will remain in poverty where he belongs. Even if he’s in prison, all his work money goes toward the judgment, leaving him with no commissary. Anyone who’s been in jail knows that commissary is like money. Sometimes it even keeps you alive.

It’s like the civil judgment tha is constantly hounding O.J. Simpson.
It’s a fullproof way to make sure a reminder of the murder follows them for the rest of their lives.

He’s hardly a “penniless man”, he has considerable resources at his disposal. His estate is actually rather large and he still is able to access some of this to make his prison life more comfortable.

Also, men who work in prisons DO earn an income. They are paid hourly for doing work, this money goes into an account and they can draw on these accounts to buy things to make themselves more comfortable. Taking his earnings, virtually guarantees he serves HARD time. As he should.

Although he’s admitted guilt, he’s now trying to withdraw that guilty plea for a second time (the first time was denied), so he shouldn’t get any credit for being a poor remorseful guy. And yes, he does have money, but he’s conveniently stashed it away in businesses and his mother’s name. According to what Charla’s mother has said, this money will be used to fight his parents for custody of the little girl. It’s for a good cause, although the estate may never be able to get their hands on it…

My view is very simple. If you use a weapon in the commission of a crime, you go to jail for life - no parole. If you injure or kill someone with a weapon while commitiing a crime, you get an expedited death sentence to be carried out within 365 days of conviction.

Always the victems family and estate are encouraged to sue the criminals involved and take all of their assets.

Well first of all I think there was a very big “point” in the case. Criminal case aside the daughter needs to be provided for. She has no mother thanks to this clown. He has to be financially held accountable to her for that and she has to be able to live for the rest of her life, she’s young, shouldn’t she be able to grow up and not have to worry expenses such as clothes and such, I’m sure she’s being taken care of by a relative but she should be taken care of by her mother except this a*hole took her mother away. You can’t get money from a criminal case so a civil case had to be brought. Also I can’t imagine a rich businessman suddenly is “penniless” I’m sure the guy must have assets somewhere. He may not currently be earning any money in jail but he has to have money from before. She deserves to have access to that. She lost both her parents that day.

It’s not just the rich people who think they can get away with crimes. There are lots of poor people who think they can too. Also, this guy had millions at one point…but not $590M. He was a pawn shop owner. It’s insane to think that an owner of a pawn shop could actually have that kind of cash laying around. Get real. Someone said it best…what’s the point of this civil proceeding if he can’t even pay his lawyers because of a lack of cash?

Buttafuoco is a Joey alright. Kangaroo jumping from woman to woman ruining lives along the way. Good for you Mary Jo if you can get past it all. I know I would not be able to deal with him mentally after all that was done to you, from the both of them. Some people are so
sick no one can deal with them. He and others that do this stuff will have to deal with God some day.

I will always remember that beautiful song she wrote and sang which was played at the trial. Why did she deserve to die that way, Darren?
Coward!

Many years ago, I was involved with Landmark Education many years ago. One time had the opportunity to assist alongside Charla Mack and even took a course with Darren Mack. I was shocked and horrified to hear of this heinous crime. Especially from a man who spoke of generating “romance” and “love” in his relationship with his wife. My condolences to Charla’s family and their beautiful children. Charla rest in peace.