1.   It has been a long time since an apparently forced confession has graced television in this part of the former Soviet Union.

2.   Routine torture leads to forced confessions, lengthy sentences, and execution of the innocent.

3.   Confessions to police cannot be used as evidence in Indian court cases and must be repeated voluntarily before a judge because of the pervasiveness of forced confessions.

4.   Critics say the system can lead to forced confessions from innocent people.

5.   Confessions to police are inadmissible in court cases in India, and must be repeated voluntarily before a judge because of the many instances of forced confessions.

6.   Even Chinese leaders have voiced concerns that police may be pushing too hard for results, telling them not to rely on forced confessions.

7.   Forced confessions are against the law.

8.   The stories showed how bad lawyers, faulty evidence and forced confessions have undermined the administration of capital punishment in that state.

9.   Human rights abuses include arbitrary and lengthy incommunicado detention, forced confessions, torture, and mistreatment of prisoners, the report said.

10.   After walking free from prison Tuesday, Marvin Dionson, Rodel Ladrera and Habibula Sahibul denounced the police for allegedly torturing them to extract forced confessions.