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Laws aim to keep crime profits from victims
The piece surveys state Son of Sam laws that divert profits from criminals who tell their stories to victims or families. It notes Marion Pruett’s jailbreak, later crimes, and debates over literary and media earnings, including cases from Berkowitz to Abbott. It lists states enacting or considering laws to channel proceeds to victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Curry
Los Angeles Times Service
Denver
Marion
Albert Pruett
Pruett
U.S
New York State
Emanuel Gold
Gold
David Berkowitz
New York City
Bob Barrett
Brooklyn
Barrett
John Wojtowicz
Wojtowicz
Nevada
Bob Price
Sam Law
Son of
Sam Laws
Berkowitz
Paul Hudson
New York Crime Victims Compensation Board
Salvador Agron
NBC
Vampires
Manhattan
West Side
Agron
Eugene Aloys Tafoya
Green Beret
Fort Collins
Colo
Muammar Khadafy
Tafoya
CIA
G. Gordon Liddy
Will
New York Compensation Board
Jack Henry Abbott
Norman Mailer
New York
Abbott
Son of Sam Laws
Richard D. Emery
New York Civil Liberties Union
Paul Klein
PRO Television
the People
Jean Harris
Scarsdale
Herman Tarnower
Oklahoma
National Conference of State Legislatures
Alaska
Illinois
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
Texas
Georgia