Real Justice: The Story of Kyle Unger (Lorimer Real Justice)

By: Richard Brignall

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Synopsis: 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

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 136 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781459408647
Related ISBNs:: 9781459408623
Publisher:: James Lorimer and Company Ltd., Publishers
Date of Addition:: 03/07/23
Copyrighted By:: Richard Brignall
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
Grade Levels:: Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
Reading Age:: 14–18
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.