State Senate approves new 'Son of Sam' law By Don Thompson ASSOCIATED PRESSJune 21, 2002 SACRAMENTO - The Senate yesterday approved a new version of the "Son of Sam" law struck down by the state Supreme Court in February, sending it to the Assembly. The bill attempts to sidestep the high court's ruling that California's previous ban on felons' profiting from their criminal actions with books or movies is a violation of their free speech rights. Those profits would have gone to the victims instead, under the 1983 law. The new legislation allows victims to sue criminals for monetary damages...