Under current law, the Son of Sam law was not written. In fact, it was before we had such a thing as crowdfunding, a relatively recent phenomenon. It may well be that the General assembly of Ohio should undertake to pass a law that would regulate this kind of thing as being contrary to the public interest. It would be, I think, pretty easy to enact a law that made GoFundMe's policy, the policy of the state, that you may not do crowdfunding for someone accused of a violent crime. (04:43–04:56)
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Suggests that Ohio's General Assembly should consider passing a law regulating crowdfunding for those accused of violent crimes.
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