An Illinois woman, who accused that her mother and stepfather were conspiring with local authorities to take away her child, was awarded nearly $1-million, in a judgement in the US District Court in the Southern Illinois District. According to federal court documents, a 7-person jury agreed to the verdict in favor of Jade Green on Thursday. Green’s mother Angela Howser and her husband Jack Howser were ordered to pay Green a total of $970,000. The Howsers own the Disclosure, which is a Southern Illinois newspaper that publishes on a periodic basis. After Thursday’s ruling was announced, a settlement of $75,000 was already reached with Lawrence County Sheriff Russell Adams and former Lawrence County State’s Attorney Chris Quick. The verdict was a result of a series of meetings back in 2014, which led to Green’s arrest in the middle of the night. She was arrested for having a Saline County warrant. Green’s daughter, who was a toddler at the time, was then taken away from her. Green sued on the grounds that she felt her civil rights were being violated. In the suit, Adams instructed that his deputies arrest Green on a theft warrant at 2am and was acting on advice of the state’s attorney, who was ordered to take custody of the minor child and have the toddler be placed under the care of Jack and Angela Howser. The suit stated that the state’s attorney does not have the power to do that. Green’s attorney said that Quick and Adams settled with Green for $75,000 in June of 2017. The judgement against the Howsers included $470,000 in compensation damages and $500,000 in punitive damages.