>> reporter: the jury awarded the plaintiffs in the unite the right trial more than $26 million in compensatory and punitive damages on several claims. among them, finding five defendants were liable for racial, religious, or ethnic harassment or violence under a virginia state law and that all the defendants participated in a conspiracy. >> i think this verdict today is a message that this country does not tolerate violence based on racial and religious hatred in any form. >> reporter: in addition, james alex fields jr., the driver of the car that plowed into the crowd of counterprotesters, killing one and injuring dozens, was found liable for more than $12 million for assault or battery and for inflicting emotional distress. >> there's going to be accountability for the people who did this. >> reporter: more than half of the damages against fields. the rest spread among various defendants from the white nationalist movement. >> the defendants in the case are destitute. none of them have any money. i don't know how any of the