DNA test shows Texas/Geo W. Bush probably executed an innocent man

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

But that's a bajillion dollars injected into the local economy.

Nah, it goes to lawyers, and lawyers generally fall into the category of people rich enough to save rather than spend. Either the government could use the money for something better, in which case it would still be an injection into the local economy, or the taxpayers would get to keep it in the first place, most of which would fall into middle-to-lower income brackets and they'd go spend it on groceries, also stimulating the economy.