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There are a handful of famous cases where public attention moved things. Against that, a lot of harassment of innocent people by amateur sleuths.
Honest net assessment?
True Crime, Uneasy Conscience
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Nishant Kumar
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We read true crime and we're not entirely comfortable about it. This club is for the second thought, not just the first. This is a Chaptra house club — set up and moderated by us to get the conversation going. Open to everyone; jump in anywhere.
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Does the genre ever actually help solve anything?
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Honest accounting: a handful of genuine cases, and a much longer list of innocent people harassed by readers who decided they'd worked it out. The wins are real and rare; the harm is mundane and common.