Video: 'Serial Killers 4/25 - David Berkowitz [Son of Sam]' (June 12, 1978, at 37:03)

(Monday, June 12, 1978) — David Berkowitz was sentenced today to the maximum prison term, 25 years to life, for each of the six “Son of Sam” slayings carried out over a year in which his nighttime forays cast a pall of tear over the young,

The 25-year-old former postal clerk appeared calm and subdued as he entered the same Brooklyn courtroom he had thrown into turmoil three weeks before with a wild-eyed tirade against his victims and their families.

That outburst led to a delay of the sentencing from that day to today.