Are you talking about the Sacklers as individuals, a family unit, or in their capacity as decision-makers for Purdue? There seem to be a relatively complex set of incentives and options in each of these capacities.

And they'll get it - they stashed a lot of their gains overseas, and they'll keep those gains while continuing to live a lavish life amongst the elites of the world.

I lost a very close friend to opoid addiction, and Purdue was based one town over from where I grew up. I hope the entire Sackler family gets fined and taxed to the point of genuine destitute poverty, and then some. Genuine scum.

I think this is where the settlement went wrong. The Sacklers were going to remain billionaires after the $6B payout. In all real respects they were going to feel no pain. They already have way more money than any of them could hope to spend in their remaining years, and that really rubbed people the wrong way. With the immunity removed they will at least spend some of their retirement in court room after court room instead of sipping drinks on the deck of one of their many megayachts.

It sucks for the victims who are realistically not going to get any help before they die, but it does send a message that you can't kill thousands (probably millions) and get off scot free.