Sociology 3312A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Sting Operation, Syntax, The Techniques
24 Sep 2020
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When justice is a game chapter 4: case study of a mr. big police sting. Federal police officers (rcmp) routinely engage in clandestine operations designed to obtain a confession from a suspect from whom there is insufficient evidence to bring that person to trial. The inherent secrecy of these operations have shielded them from public scrutiny. Misuse of taxpayers dollars and the legal loophole of the confession rule are used admissible so long as they do not cross the line into dirty tricks , characterized as. According to the official version of the law, police-extracted confessions are for/ in these mr. big schemes. threats, inducements, and oppressive measures used by persons in authority. Distinguishing conduct that shocks the community is an elusive task that has not been adequately addressed in law. Argued here that these sting operations constitute behavior that threatens the entire reputation of the criminal justice system. Syntactics fundamentally compromised the innocence rights of an accused.
