Some notorious/infamous prisoners have been granted press interviews, write books from within prison, and have movies and books made about them?
Do they get monetary gain from these deals?
2007-10-05 06:41:17 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No, a federal law prohibits convicted felons to profit from their crimes. This includes movie rights, books, and even in the case of John Wayne Gacy, art.
2007-10-05 06:46:03 · answer #1 · answered by Charlie Fingers 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, every state has laws that prohibit prisoners from profiting from crimes they commit.
Now, when and if they get out of prison, than they are again free to do as they please and could be compensated if they sign a deal.
Any movies or books about criminals and their acts are not funded by nor do they give compensation to the criminal.
Rarely will an Ex-con ever be offered any deals. The authors, publishers or film makers will make the media based on police records and interviews with people involved in the case. They do not want to compensate the criminal nor do they want to get sued for doing so.
And if any con ever did get a deal, lawyers would be standing in line to file law suits on behalf of the victims.. and they would win and get it all from them.
2007-10-05 13:51:41 · answer #2 · answered by Dog Lover 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure if it is a state law or federal law but I remember hearing about this some time ago. The law prohibited the inmate from making any money by publishing any book regarding the crime he was convicted of. However, I do not think it includes books or screenplays about other subjects.
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2007-10-05 13:46:55 · answer #3 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
laws against it, most people use the cops or survivors point of view to avoid having to deal with this problem
that leads to the problem of cops or fbi agents getting rich from some cases. which lets to questionable things in their work.
2007-10-05 14:45:05 · answer #4 · answered by ron s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In many states, no--there are aws that prohibit them from getting any monetary gain. I'm not sure how many states have such laws, though. Mine (Georgia) does.
2007-10-05 13:45:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the courts do not allow this because then people would commit horrible crimes just to sell the movie rights.
2007-10-05 16:57:50 · answer #6 · answered by Leonardo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In non monetary means.
2007-10-05 14:58:34 · answer #7 · answered by Drake 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should call it the OJ law, or maybe the Goldman law.
2007-10-05 17:04:48 · answer #8 · answered by bonxaiboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most judges don't allow them to profit from that.
2007-10-05 13:43:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They do, but normally any money they receive is swallowed up by their legal costs anyway, or it goes to charity.
2007-10-05 13:44:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋