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Convicted killer Colin Thatcher's forthcoming book has prompted the Saskatchewan government to consider laws that would deny criminals payment for writing accounts of their crimes.
Mr. Thatcher, the millionaire Saskatchewan MLA convicted of the 1983 murder of his ex-wife, began writing a book dissecting the case against him in 2006, the year he was paroled.
When news broke last week that ECW Press, a Toronto firm, would publish Mr. Thatcher's 110,000-word Final Appeal: Anatomy of a Frame, victims' advocacy groups objected to the possibility of Mr. Thatcher profiting from the crime.
Unlike Manitoba, Alberta, Nova Scotia and Ontario, Saskatchewan does not prevent criminals from selling the tale of their crimes.
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To me, even if though the book proclaims his innocence and will focus on events after his conviction, that's still profiting from crime as far as I'm concerned because it's only relevant because of the crime for which he was convicted.
I have nothing against him writing it or getting published, but he should not receive royalties.