Today we have a true crime story and a yearlong police sting that failed completely. Police used what’s called a Mr. Big sting. It is one of the most controversial tactics used by police that it has been banned in many countries. The way it works is one undercover officer befriends the suspect and lures the suspect into committing increasingly serious crimes. At this point the officer introduces the suspect to the Mr. Big character, who acts as boss or drug kingpin and offers protection in exchange for a confession to the worst thing they ever did… the crime police are trying to charge them with. This story is about Alan Dale Smith, a suspect in the murder of Beverly Smith, whose real murderer has never been found and the botched Mr. Big sting run by a small police department in Canada. Michael Lista, Contributing Editor for Toronto Life, joins us for more on this story.

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