State Gets Money From Book on Killer

A Florida judge has given the state permission to seize money an author made by marketing the confessions of a serial killer, co-writing a book with him and selling his art and autographs. Circuit Judge Martha Ann Lott ruled that Sondra London’s collaborations with Danny Rolling, who murdered five college students, were subject to a Florida law that bars convicted felons from profiting from their stories, artwork and autographs. London, 50, who was once engaged to Rolling, had argued that the man known as the Gainesville slasher for his 1990 mutilation murders had not received a dime for the work. London says she is a serious journalist who wants to give the public insight into the mental workings of serial killers. She has interviewed and corresponded with dozens of them.