Legal Opinion
Simon & Schuster, Inc. v. Members of the New York State Crime Victims Board
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 10, 1991No. 90-1059PublishedCited by 653 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
New York’s “Son of Sam” law requires that an accused or convicted criminal’s income from works describing his crime be deposited in an escrow account. These funds are then made available to the victims of the crime and the criminal’s other creditors. We consider whether this statute is consistent with the First Amendment.
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In the summer of 1977, New York was terrorized by a serial killer popularly known as the Son of Sam. The hunt for the Son of Sam received considerable publicity, and by the time David Berkowitz was identified as the killer and apprehended, the rights to his story were worth…
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