FINAL PAYOFF. The True Price of Convicting Clifford Robert Olson

Hardback. On August 25, 1981 the RCMP and Allan Williams, Attorney-General of British Columbia, struck a precedent-setting deal with serial killer Clifford Olson. In return for revealing the locations of his victims' bodies, Olson's wife was to receive $100,000 or $10,000 per body. Williams and the Mounties tried to justify the deal, but to people across the country it seemed that Olson was being rewarded for his crimes. A thought-provoking book and disturbing examination of the effects and implications of the Olson deal. For Williams, the Olson affair was an unhappy end to nearly 20yrs. of outstanding public service - he retired soon after the deal was made public. For the families of the slain, filled with grief and anger by the pay-off, it meant a series of fruitless and frustrating court battles as they struggled to get the money back from Olson. And, for the people of Canada it means a long and frightening wait until some other killer, encouraged by Olson's example, decides to hold his victims bodies for ransom. A study of a tragically flawed decision, the terrifying legal precedent it established, and the horrible events that caused it. With Appendices and Index. 221pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. in f. dw.