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Why didn the State of New York execute David Berkowitz, aka the Son of Sam?

April 26, 2017AKA execute new york SAM son State

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Why didn the State of New York execute David Berkowitz, aka the Son of Sam?

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Actually, he didn’t receive the death penalty because there was no death penalty in New York at that time. He plead guilty to killing six and wounding seven. But he managed to avoid the death penalty because there was no capital punishment law in effect at the time. http://www.nydailynews.com/features/sonofsam/capture.html New York reinstated capital punishment in 1995.