later. it had to come. since this was a civil case, jason wouldn t get in any prison time. what amount of punitive damages, if any, do you award the estate of shirley carter? answer, $10 million. 10 million. bill and his lawyer never expected to see a dime. the more important thing for bill was simply to have eight people from that county hearing all the evidence and saying, jason did it. meanwhile, the county district attorney, eta bull, sitting in the back of the courtroom, had been watching closely. what would he do now? coming up the feats were not quite through with the carter family. i got right into his face. i said, why did you kill your mother? there would soon be an act to. what is the biggest thing you have going in your favor at this thing? there really was no scenic of significant evidence against jason carter. when dateline continues.