{
  "id": 7995403,
  "title": "Mr. Big stings are inadmissible by default. Here's why Dean Penney's was allowed at trial",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/mr-big-stings-are-inadmissible-by-default-heres-why-dean-penneys-was",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T08:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dean-penney-mr-big-sting-decision-9.7346625"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Perhaps the biggest decision in the Dean Penney trial happened before the jury was even selected. Here's why a judge allowed the jury to hear evidence from the RCMP's covert operation commonly known as a Mr. Big sting.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}