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  • 06/2020
  • 9781989980002
  • 124 pages
  • $8.95
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  • 06/2020
  • 9781989980019
  • pages
  • $2.99
Alan Warren
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Confession of Murder; Exposing the False Confessions Created from the Mr. Big Stings
t started with a frantic call for help from Sebastian Burns and Atif Rafay, when the two boys arrived home at just after 2 a.m. on July 13, 1994, and found Rafay’s family brutally beaten to death in their Bellevue, Washington, home. Who would kill this well-liked family in such a horrific way? Police had no physical evidence and no witnesses; the case was a dead end! It was time to bring in Mr. Big! Mr. Big is a covert investigation where undercover detectives create a fictitious criminal gang and seduce their suspects into joining them in their criminal activities, and police would soon gain their suspects' confidence and elicit a confession from them. Burns and Rafay would eventually confess on tape to undercover detectives and be convicted of the three murders of Rafay’s family. In the last 25 years, the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) have run more than 350 Mr. Big operations on suspects of crimes where there was no evidence found and have had a 95% success rate in prosecution. It was in July 2014 when the Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously that confessions arising from the Mr. Big operations would be considered presumptively inadmissible on another case against Nelson Hart. The Mr. Big Sting in the Hart case was said to have overwhelming inducements, veiled threats of violence, and intimidation and considered an abuse of process by the police. So now what will happen to the hundreds of other cases that have been tried by this unreliable procedure in which the Mr. Big coerced confession was the only evidence used to convict the suspect? This book will cover the cases that have now been brought back into court on appeals based on the Mr. Big operation, and will explain the outcomes.
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B. McKee Amazon

This is a fascinating inside look at Mr. Big operations; how they operated and why cases won by this debatable tactic by police went to the appeals courts. The book has several case examples that explain how police used the cover of common criminals to lure a suspect into their trust and gain valuable information on criminal cases and even confessions. I highly recommend this book

Kat McCarthy Amazon

Wow! What a great and informative read! I'm from Canada and had no idea about these Mr. Big Sting operations. Still undecided if I support them or not. On one hand, I like to see the criminal pay for his crime but on the other, there's so much potential for abuse by law enforcement. Quite a dilemma. Big thanks to the author for spreading awareness about this controversial investigative technique in use today. Highly recommend this one to true crime fans!

RM Amazon

It's a frightening prospect for every citizen when a hand-picked suspect can be tricked into confessing to a major crime. Based only on a suspicion, the person is drawn into a Mr. Big operation and encouraged, cajoled, threatened into confessing to murder. Once the confession is obtained, the person, who may or not be guilty, is tried and convicted on the basis of that confession.

While this may appear to be a good way to solve crime, especially cold cases, it brings to mind the rubber hose in the back room. A conviction without sufficient evidence is not reliable. The result can be many innocent people wasting their lives behind bars without hope.

This book will open your eyes to a tactic that is sure to result in false confessions.

Formats
Paperback Book Details
  • 06/2020
  • 9781989980002
  • 124 pages
  • $8.95
Open Ebook Ebook Details
  • 06/2020
  • 9781989980019
  • pages
  • $2.99
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