Censorship Or Taste?

Do some books cause more harm than they’re worth? Critics are asking the question in regards to a Canadian book that resurrects details of horrible crimes committed a decade ago. “Karla Homolka, a diabolical criminal will be a free woman in 2005, after serving only 12 years for heinous crimes against schoolgirls in a quiet Ontario town.” Should the public know more about Homolka “before she disappears into Canadian society, perhaps to commit more crimes under the camouflage of a new name and an altered appearance?” But in dredging up details, “the families of the victims are publicly traumatized once again” and some booksellers have declined to carry the book.