11.   The friend, Lawrence X. Cusack II, recanted his story the next day, Reznikoff said, but the seed of doubt had been planted.

12.   The friend, Lawrence X. Cusack III, recanted his story the next day, Reznikoff said, but the seed of doubt had been planted.

13.   Vicary recanted his story years later.

14.   Another student who initially told reporters he voted four times recanted the story Wednesday.

15.   But Bloomquist noted that about two-thirds of domestic violence victims seen by her office recant their stories.

16.   But then she recanted her story and said she had voted honestly and with her conscience.

17.   Derrick Lewis recanted his story Tuesday night, though the Globe said a taped interview backed up its reporting.

18.   Former Gov. Jim Hunt commuted the sentence of Joe Kennedy, whose daughter recanted her story of sexual abuse two years ago.

19.   Prosecutors said she was an abuse victim who was browbeaten into recanting her story.

20.   She recanted the story a few hours later, Findlay said.