Financial compensation under civil law is how the United States handles cases of libel. From 1989 to 1990 the average award in a US libel case was US $ 4.5 million. From 1992-1993, it declined a bit, but was still quite high at US $ 1.1 million.
民事賠償也是美國處理誹謗的一貫精神，根據統計，一九八九年到一九九○年，美國所有誹謗案件由陪審團判決的賠償金額，平均是四百五十萬美金；一九九二年到九三年，稍微低些，但仍然高達一百一十萬美金。