Talk:Son of Sam law

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It is totally incredible! All countries of the world have laws that say criminals can never profit financially from their crimes directly or indirectly, period.
 * Name them (the laws, that is, not the countries). It would be interesting enough to add to the article, and why these laws apparently do not apply to publishing accounts of crimes. As the article notes, in many cases this is because it interferes with free speech and the public interest, which take precedence over moral outrage over a criminal receiving money for writing something that's only of value because he performed the acts described. 82.92.119.11 20:10, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Nick Leeson's books are making him a reasonable sum. 81.178.213.71 (talk) 13:21, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Indeed, this article is sadly lacking any overview of which U.S. states actually have Son of Sam laws, as well as at least a paragraph (or link to a separate article) about if there are any similar laws in the other countries. --Ehitaja (talk) 11:54, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

The current state of "Son of Sam" laws is that they are generally viewed as unconstitutional. Rklawton (talk) 19:07, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

Some Proposed Changes
Hello, I am employed by Boston University's Fineman & Pappas Law Libraries. After reviewing this Wikipedia page, I believe that information from one of our faculty's scholarship might provide a valuable addition to this page. I would appreciate it if this requested edit could be reviewed.

Add citation to explain definition of Son of Sam laws:.

Add second sentence to article: Son of Sam laws are sometimes referredd to as 'notoreity-for-profit' laws.

Cf2022 (talk) 04:50, 18 January 2021 (UTC)Cf2022


 * Hi Please proceed with making the requested edit.  Thank you!  Orville talk 07:52, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

List of which states
This page should include an up to date list of which states do and do not have the “son of Sam law”. 2601:87:4103:96F0:DD3D:CB7C:8A41:168E (talk) 17:28, 17 November 2021 (UTC)