Real Justice: A Police Mr. Big Sting Goes Wrong
The Story of Kyle Unger
by Richard Brignall
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Pub Date Feb 27 2015 | Archive Date Jan 04 2016
James Lorimer & Company | Lorimer Children & Teens
Description
On the night of June 23, 1990, teenage friends Kyle Unger and John Beckett made a last-minute decision to attend a music festival near Roseisle, Manitoba. They were loners, not the popular kids at school. But on this night they seemed to finally fit in. They had fun, played games, drank, and hung around bonfires with other people. The next morning, a sixteen-year-old girl was dead. By the next week, Kyle was charged with her murder. Due to insufficient evidence he was let go, but the Mounties were convinced he was the killer.
They laid a trap, called the Mr. Big operation, for Kyle. With offers of money, friends, and a new criminal lifestyle, the RCMP got Kyle to confess to the murder. But the confession was false—he had not been the killer. He was convicted and sent to prison.
For the next twenty years Kyle fought for his freedom. He was finally acquitted in 2009.
This book tells the story of an impressionable but innocent teenager who was wrongfully convicted based on the controversial Mr. Big police tactic.
Distributed in the U.S by Lerner Publishing Group
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781459408623 |
| PRICE | $12.95 (USD) |
Featured Reviews
Jonathan H, Educator
Kyle Unger was a loner. He dropped out of high school, had trouble connecting with people his age, and was prone to exaggerating things he had done. For one night this seemed to change. At the Woodstick Music Festival in 1990 he, along with thousands of others, drank, danced and tried to hook up with attractive strangers. It seemed like a good night until the community learned that 16 Brigette Grenier had been brutally murdered. Kyle quickly became the lead suspect and the Canadian police used controversial tactics to get a 'confession' out of Kyle.
This book explores the series of events that led a 19 year old to be wrongfully convicted of murder to spend 17 years in jail. Richard Brignall writes in a detailed and clear manner that make it easy to follow the story along. As a middle school teacher I know of multiple students who would be interested in story and I will be adding a copy of this to my classroom library.
Note: I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
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