Ken Klonsky

Outing the Law: a Website on Injustice

Latest Mr. Big ruling in British Columbia

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/victoria-stepfather-found-not-guilty-in-death-of-toddler-noah-cownden-1.3118011

Noticing that the judge ruled the Mr. Big confession was obtained through inducement. If you read the piece, you’ll see that the same methodology (i.e. if you tell us what we want to know then we’ll make the charge go away) used on the Victoria stepfather was used on Burns and Rafay, who, at the time, were teenagers. This judge applied the Supreme Court of Canada ruling to this case as the Hart ruling–strong corroborating evidence must be present to back up the sting confessions.

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