For Alex Jones Trial set to begin in Sandy Hook hoax case
A month after losing one nearly $50 million verdict, Alex Jones, conspiracy theorist, is set to go on trial a second time for calling the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting causing several of the victims’ families emotional, psychological harm and a hoax. With several alternates on how much Jones should pay the families on Tuesday, In Connecticut, a six-member jury will begin hearing evidence, since he already has been found liable for damages to them. Last about four weeks the trial is expected. Last month to the parents of 6-year-old Jesse Lewis a Texas jury ordered Jones to pay $49.3 million, one of 26 students and teachers killed in a shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012. An appeal is planned, said Jone’s lawyer. For a larger award the Connecticut case has the potential because it involves three lawsuits which have been consolidated that were filed by 15 plaintiffs, including a former FBI agent who responded to the school shooting and the relatives of eight of the vict...