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  • And the convicted killer known as Son of Sam is suing his lawyer for allegedly trying to sell personal property.

    CNN Transcript Jun 4, 2005 2005

  • Kansas has passed, as many states have, what are known as Son of Sam laws, designed to keep notorious criminals from profiting from their crimes, and so at a minimum, we hope to ensure that any monies that might come his way -- and we understand there are people from around the country that are sending money to him, amazingly enough -- that that money be diverted into a fund for all of the victims, but beyond that, to the extent possible to try and prevent third parties from capitalizing.

    CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2005 2005

  • Fires of all kinds raged through New York in the Summer of 1977: in the looted storefronts during a crippling blackout, on the streets prowled by the Son of Sam serial killer and in the rhetoric of mayoral candidates.

    The Slaughter solution, constitutionality, and precedent 2010

  • I was scared out of my wits of Son of Sam, David Berkowitz.

    Cheryl Wills: Reflections on the Boss and the Infamous Summer of '77 Cheryl Wills 2010

  • Actually, he looks more like Rasputin than the Son of Sam.

    David Axelrod, circa 1975. Ann Althouse 2009

  • VELEZ-MITCHELL: Well, there are these Son of Sam laws that say convicted felons cannot profit from their crime with a book or a movie deal, but does that apply to lawyers?

    CNN Transcript Jan 21, 2009 2009

  • You know, we used to have the Son of Sam law which was created after Berkowitz, the serial killer, made money, made profit off his murders.

    CNN Transcript Feb 5, 2009 2009

  • But beyond all this -- beyond Son of Sam, and the death of Elvis, and the heat waves and the garbage strikes and the blackout and the divorce -- beyond all this, I had to cope with the fact that I was beginning to feel a lot different than my friends.

    Elissa Altman: When I Marry My Partner 2008

  • From Internatioal Movie Data Base: City in Fear, a 1980 ABC made for television movie,which is loosely based on the Son of Sam murders, is television at its best.

    Gettin Sentimental; David Janssen; Lost Movies Ed Gorman 2008

  • From Internatioal Movie Data Base: City in Fear, a 1980 ABC made for television movie,which is loosely based on the Son of Sam murders, is television at its best.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Ed Gorman 2008

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