1. A confession was coerced from the suspect by police. 2. Although Martinez confessed to the crimes, he and his lawyer later asserted that his confession was coerced. 3. Ames claims that his confession was coerced by prosecutors who threatened to jail his wife. 4. Any defendant, who then claims his confession was coerced, has a harder time proving that in court. 5. Artt has said his confession in that case was coerced. 6. As a result, fewer defendants claim confessions were coerced, he said. 7. At his sentencing, Boley denied the charges and said that police coerced a confession from him. 8. Bratton made the argument that Miranda protects law enforcement officials from the suspicion that they coerced a confession from someone in their custody. 9. Confessions are coerced or fabricated. 10. Defense lawyers argued that the knife was planted and the confession was coerced. |