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links
Links to websites on issues of relevance to
Sebastian and Atif’s case
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the new documentary
film "mr big":
www.mrbigthemovie.com false
confessions and wrongful imprisonment brought to you by
the RCMP
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The Burns / Rafay case on other websites:
Injusticebusters page on Atif and Sebastian
Partenia page on Atif and Sebastian
Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
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Court Rulings in Canada – Burns
/ Rafay case:
Court
of Appeal, British Columbia, 1997 file 399
Court
of Appeal, British Columbia, 1997 file 395
Supreme Court of Canada, 2001
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“Mr. Big” undercover
operations:
Links
related to the undercover police tactics used in this case,
or to other similar methods.
Injusticebusters.com
A website devoted to justice issues in Canada and around
the world.
The most comprehensive online collection of
information about “Mr. Big” operations,
including
many other cases in which the “Mr. Big” tactic
was used.
Landmark ruling
in an American case in
which similar tactics were used in an undercover operation.
This ruling came out against the use of these tactics to
elicit confessions.
Seabstian and Atif’s “confessions” were
admitted in American court, despite having been elicited
using methods illegal in the U.S.,
because the methods
were legal in Canada, where the operation took place.
Mentuck decision
The court ruling in the Mentuck case – a Canadian case
where the police used the “Mr. Big” operation.
In this ruling, the judge criticized the tactics.
Transcript
from CBC program “Disclosure” about
the Mentuck case and “Mr. Big” undercover operations
O.N.E. ruling on publication ban
O.N.E. was a juvenile who was arrested and tried following
a confession elicited during a “Mr. Big” operation.
She was a juvenile at the time, and confessed to stabbing
the victim, who had not been stabbed.
A publication ban
was put in place, preventing reporters from describing
the undercover methods used.
“Supreme Court strikes down undercover
operation bans”,
CBC News, 15 Nov., 2001
“Jury told about sting operation.” CBC
News, 7 Feb., 2000
CBC new article regarding the Mentuck trial
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Wrongful convictions links:
Information
on wrongful convictions projects, statistics, and studies.
Northwestern
University’s Center
on Wrongful Convictions
Report of the Working Group on the Prevention of Miscarriages
of Justice
The report produced by a group formed in Canada with the
purpose of examining the institutional problem of wrongful
convictions in Canada.
The report was produced in 2004.
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False confessions links:
Articles, studies
and websites about false confessions issues.
Northwestern
University’s Center
on Wrongful Convictions
page regarding false confessions
Homepage of Richard A. Leo
the false
confessions expert who was to have testified in Sebastian
and Atif’s trial
Homepage of Steven Drizin
false confessions
expert
Homepage of Saul Kassin
Professor of Psychology
and expert on false confessions, Williams College
Research report on false confessions
By Rob Warden, Executive
Director, Center on WrongfulConvictions, Bluhm Legal Clinic,
Northwestern University School of Law
“The
Problem of False Confessions in the Post-DNA World”
by Steven A. Drizin and Richard A. Leo, false
confessions experts
“False
Confessions: Some Developmental and Forensic Considerations.”
By Steven A. Drizin, Northwestern
University School of Law
“The
Psychology of False Confessions.”
By
Richard Conti, Journal of Credibility Assessment and Witness
Psychology
“False
Confessions: Annotated Clinical Research”
by
Joe Wheeler Dixon, PhD, JD: Psychology and Law
“Innocent
Truth about False Confessions”
by
Steve Chapman
A columnist from The Washington Times argues in favor of
the admission of expert evidence regarding false confessions.
“UnTrue
confessions: Legal system plagued by growing number of
false admissions by defendants.”
By John
Wilkens, San Diego Union Tribune |
