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In 2005, serial killer [[Alfred Gaynor]]'s artwork was sold [[online auction|online]] in [[Massachusetts]]. State lawmakers proposed to block the activity, setting off a debate on free speech rights of prisoners.<ref>{{cite news |title=Online auction of killer's art spurs debate |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-5956202-7.html |publisher=[[CNET Networks#CNET News|CNET News]] |date=November 16, 2005 |accessdate=June 23, 2009}}</ref>
Andy Kahan, director of the Houston-based Mayor's Crime Victims Office, has lobbied strongly against the sale of murderabilia material. In May 2001, [[eBay]] banned the sale of murderabilia items, but sales continued on other websites such as [http://Www.murdermuseum.net Murder Museum].<ref name = cracking>{{cite news |first=Hilary |last=Hylton |title= Cracking Down On "Murderabilia"|url=http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1629655,00.html|date=May 13, 2007 |accessdate=June 5, 2007}}</ref> As of 2007, the sale of such items was banned in five states: Texas, California, New Jersey, Michigan and Utah.<ref name="cracking"/> In 2010, Senators [[John Cornyn]] of Texas and [[Amy Klobuchar]] of [[Minnesota]] teamed up to introduce a bill in Congress that would have outlawed the sale of murderabilia on the federal level. The bill was called the "Stop the Sale of Murderabilia to Protect the Dignity of Crime Victims Act of 2010," and came after several individual fights over the issue.<ref>{{cite news |first=James |last=Schneider |title= Senators Try to Halt Sale of Gruesome 'Murderabilia' |url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/18/senators-try-halt-sale-gruesome-murderabilia/ |date=June 18, 2010 |accessdate=July 22, 2010 |work=Fox News}}</ref> The bill died in committee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/3468/all-info|title=All Information (Except Text) for S.3468 - Stop the Sale of Murderabilia to Protect the Dignity of Crime Victims Act of 2010|work=Congress.gov|date=9 June 2010|accessdate=22 February 2019}}</ref>
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