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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.
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. [1] Rklawton ( talk) 19:07, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
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Add citation to explain definition of Son of Sam laws: [1].
Add second sentence to article: Son of Sam laws are sometimes referredd to as 'notoreity-for-profit' laws. [2]
Cf2022 ( talk) 04:50, 18 January 2021 (UTC)Cf2022
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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)