Family of Terror Victim Awarded $156 Million
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From Times Wire Reports
Three Islamic charities and an alleged fundraiser for the Palestinian militant group Hamas were ordered to pay $156 million to the parents of an American teenager killed by terrorists outside Jerusalem.
A federal jury in Chicago deliberated for a day before awarding $52 million in damages to the parents of David Boim, killed at a bus stop eight years ago.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys then tripled the damages.
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