Canada's OJ?

When Colin Thatcher was convicted of killing his estranged wife Joanne Wilson in 1983 I had just graduated high school and had taken to hanging out at the “Vag”, a bar just down the street from where the murder occurred in Regina. There was little doubt in anybody's mind that if Thatcher didn't beat Wilson and shoot her in the head, then he knew who did. His story was quite a conversation piece among the regulars who dropped by

To put a finer point on it, the common view was that Colin Thatcher had a lot more to do with Wilson's murder than he admitted in public, and that no matter how much he spun what he thinks happened to the woman he clearly hated, he got what he deserved.

Now, Thatcher has written a book on his view of events, and his claim that he was framed. Personally, I don't think he should be allowed to tell his story, especially since he has already been convicted of her murder and already served his time.

I don't think the book is going to be as big of cash cow as Colin think, and that’s why he’s writing it. In the end, the book, much like Thatcher himself, will be riddled with lies, and it will do little to change the minds of those who firmly believe that based on the evidence presented at his trial, he still is, guilty of murder. I hope his story is going to fall on deaf ears.

Is it just me or is Colin Thatcher Canada’s equivalent to O.J. Simpson? Although Simpson was never convicted of the murder of his estranged wife the parallels are clear. Colin Thatcher is merely making a fool out of himself for wanting to write such a book. He's a killer and always will be, unless of course he is able to identify the "real" killer in his book.

I thought there was a law in Canada to prevent people from profiting from their crimes. I could be wrong about that, but if there’s not we should be outraged…there sure should be.