VANCOUVER—British Columbia is promising a law to prevent offenders profiting from their crimes after a book reportedly written by
serial killer Robert Pickton was published, drawing condemnation from the premier and the federal minister of public safety.
By Monday afternoon, the 144-page book titled Pickton: In His Own Words was no longer available through the website of online retailer Amazon.
Outskirts Press, which published the book, issued a statement Monday saying it had asked Amazon remove the book from its website.
“We have a long-standing policy of not working with, nor publishing work by, incarcerated individuals,” the statement said.
This isn’t the first time Amazon has come under fire for selling works by notorious Canadian criminals.
Last year the company was pressured to pull killer Paul Bernardo’s fictional ebook about the Russian Mafia and Al Qaeda.