31.   Ebrahimi, according to the state-run media, has recanted his confessions, claiming the lawyers pressured him to make the statements.

32.   He later recanted his confession.

33.   He later recanted the confession.

34.   He recanted his confession at trial, but was convicted and sentenced to death.

35.   Like the two men arrested in November after a four-day investigation, most suspects have later recanted their confessions, claiming they were tortured.

36.   Lucas, who gained notoriety as a confessed serial killer and then recanted his confessions.

37.   The four later recanted their confessions, alleging they had been tortured.

38.   The new suspects also have recanted the confessions in which they implicated Sharif, saying police tortured them into signing the statements.