. >> the manhunt eventually led to a 24-year-old postal worker named david berkowitz. with the help of a palm print, a parking ticket and a ballistics match, he was arrested outside his home and the nightmare was over. >> i walked into that room with full intentions of whacking this guy. at least punching him out. >> retired homicide detective jocoffee led the search for the soof sam. and it was coffee who was one of the first to interrogate him. >> he didn't blink for three hours. and he had a constant smile on his face sitting there. >> coffee says the motive was borne out of the death of berkowitz's adoptive mother and his hatred of women. sentenced to life in prison, berkowitz says he has undergone a religious transformation, becoming born again. and in a recent interview, he expressed remorse for the murders. >> i'd like to be remembered as a person who's sorry for what happened and is doing everything in his power to try to make amends to society in any way possible. >> 35 years later, a serial killer asking for forgiveness for an act of evil that many will never

. >> judy berkowitz. passed a resolution urging you not to pass this on to the full board in any form, including the latest amendment. however, i do congratulate supervisor weiner for accomplishing what heretofore only the planning department has been able to accomplish, and that is to unify many different sectors of the public behind something that does not serve the public well. the voters will. -- the voters well. i appeal for you to appeal this to the call of the chair or defeat it sammy write your. supervisor kim: is there any further public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i believe there is such a consensus from community members -- i just wanted to say i do have concerns about this, but i appreciate supervisor weiner came in on items of ballot initiative to the voters. this will not impact any initiative or ballot measure that voters have already voted on, and i think voters can certainly decide whether our perspective on measures in to dozen 12 should be able to a bent

we reached out to berkowitz to, you know, for the preparation of the story. actually replied, sent us a letter, expressing remorse. he says, quote, only god knows how much i regret what happened 1977.1:, cc i too am in anguish over it and wish i could go back in time to have prevented it. him.rised to hear from cc1: >> it's still probably little solace.cc1: >> i wasn't living here at the time, but you talk to folks who were and people weren't going out. >> well, it was random and you don't know when and where. it's scary to go to the grocery store. >> police couldn't develop a pattern of where he was hitting. the city was in fear. cc the 1:e for a check of weather now. let's go outside to bill karins on the plaza. good morning. >> good morning. this girl behind me has me cracking up. this is their bachelorette weekend. i've heard of pub crawls before, but they are doing the new york city cupcake crawl, going to the different cupcake cases. favorite flavor you're getting? >> probably -- i heard there's smore cupcakes. >> this is tame. you're up early. i'm sure

> in 1977 the new york state legislature enacted the first son of sam law after it learned david berkowitzo sell his story of the serial murders he committed. in 1991 the law was struck down by the u.s. supreme court on first amendment grounds. since then, various states have attempted to circumvent the ruling by tailoring their laws to address the court's concerns about free speech. whenever high profile unpopular verdicts are returned, these types of law are often revisited. naturally, on the heels of the casey anthony verdict, a lawmaker in florida is proposing legislation. it would prohibit jurors from receiving money in exchange for provides information or interviews related to a trial after its over. the question for today's stream steam is this. should jurors be allowed to profit from the cases. lisa bloom is an attorney and author. mike walker joins me by phone from l.a. he's a senior editor with the "national enquirer." scott randolph is a florida state representative who is proposing the legislation in florida. let me start with you, scott. what do you hope to achieve with this b