1.   Dangerously, because it will be a close call in the current conservative court whether this fundamental protection against coerced confessions can survive.

2.   His lawyers describe it as a coerced confession elicited by improper techniques.

3.   Moreover, the warning has not proved quite the bulwark against coerced confessions and self-incrimination that the Warren court had intended.

4.   The roots of this test developed in the common law, as the courts of England and then the United States recognized that coerced confessions are inherently untrustworthy.

5.   Others were victims of coerced confessions and poor prison conditions.

6.   A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that criminal defendants whose coerced confessions were improperly used as evidence are not always entitled to new trials.

7.   A divided U-S Supreme Court ruled that criminal defendants whose coerced confessions were improperly used as evidence are not always entitled to new trials.

8.   Gov. George Ryan declared a moratorium on executions in January, citing troubling evidence of coerced confessions, misconduct by prosecutors, and incompetent defense attorneys.

9.   Illinois Gov. George Ryan declared a moratorium on executions last year, citing troubling evidence of coerced confessions, misconduct by prosecutors and incompetent defense attorneys.

10.   She added that both international and domestic laws prohibited use of coerced confessions.