The saga of the #Sacklers, a multigenerational billionaire crime family of mass-murdering dope-peddlers, is an enraging parable about how the wealthy, the courts, and sadistic high-powered lawyers collude to destroy the lives of millions, profit handsomely, and evade justice.
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But there's an unexpected twist to this tale. After the Sacklers procured a sham bankruptcy that denied their victims the right to sue while leaving their fortune largely intact, the #SupremeCourt - yes, *this* Supreme Court - saw through the scam and froze the process, pending a full hearing:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/us/supreme-court-purdue-pharma-opioid-settlement.html
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