11.   McVeigh appealed his conviction in March, claiming his lawyer leaked inflammatory stories about him to the media, including a purported confession.

12.   She said his statements on a videotape of his purported confession appeared to be coerced.

13.   The government unleashed its propaganda broadside against Harry Wu in a report by the official Xinhua news agency and a videotape of his purported confession.

14.   The government unleashed a media broadside against Harry Wu in a report by the official Xinhua news agency and a videotape of his purported confession.

15.   The purported confession, signed on Christmas, was released after inconclusive talks Wednesday between North Korean officials and U.S. diplomat Thomas Hubbard.

16.   The purported confession said Hilemon was thrown from the helicopter in the crash and killed.

17.   There was no way of ascertaining under what conditions the purported confession was made.

18.   There was no way of ascertaining when, or under what conditions, the purported confession was made.

19.   U.S. District Judge D. Lowell Jensen cited inadmissible evidence of a purported confession in overturning the conviction.