Son of Sam And Dred Scott Cases

The “Son of Sam” trial occurred in New York, New York on May 8, 1978. David R. Berkowitz was the Defendant, he was on trial because he was a mass killer. He killed six and wounded seven from October 1976 to August 1978. Hundreds of Detectives were assigned to find the “.44-caliber killer, “so called because of the unusually large hand gun bullets he used. They found him because he got a parking ticket in front of a fire …showed first 75 words of 541 total…

…showed last 75 words of 541 total…because Scott lived in a “free” state didn’t mean he was “free”. The significance of this case is that Dred Scott Decision actually ended the Missouri Compromise. Scott’s clam was that he had become a free man when his owner had taken him to a free state, which had made him free under the 1820 Missouri Compromise. It was decided he was a slave regardless were his owner took him, during the 1856 December term.