(NewsNation) — An interviewer says “Son of Sam” serial killer David Berkowitz has become a reformed prisoner, nearly 50 years after New York City police slapped the cuffs on him and ended his reign of terror.

But Michael Franzese won’t go so far as to say the public would be safe if Berkowitz is ever freed.

“Could it ever happen again? I don’t know. That’s a tough question,” Franzese told “Banfield” on Wednesday.

The 72-year-old Berkowitz reportedly is not angling to get out. Berkowitz goes to state parole hearings out of what he has said is an obligation to attend but told Franzese he’s not trying to get out and even suggested he doesn’t deserve it.

Who was the 'Son of Sam' killer?

People who lived through the "Son of Sam" era would not argue.

From July 1976 to August 1977, Berkowit

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