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Son of Sam And Dred Scott Cases
Title: Son of Sam And Dred Scott Cases
Category: History
Details: Words: 551 | Pages: 2.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
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 551 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 551 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.
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