Nowhere does the constitution dictate the amount or the additional "bonus" - an apology.
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It is a settlement. 
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It is in fact due to the very same laws and constitution that we respect and follow, that he was let back in the country (denounced by the family), provided medical treatment, and given the opportunity (by the same laws and constitution) to  demand a "remedy" on the basis of the very same rights guaranteed by the very same constitution and laws that his family (and himself) set out to work against.
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His personal tragedy, family or otherwise, is not a law or constitutional matter.