For Jurling, backed by his henchmen's guns, would not be making a forced confession.
They are caught in compressed, concrete rooms perfect for forced confessions.
Ghotbzadeh's forced confessions are said to have come only after severe torture on the part of the Iranian government.
Roraback appealed the trial immediately, refusing to allow the court to get away with the conviction based on a forced confession.
Her subsequent investigations revealed that Mallard's conviction had been largely based on a forced confession.
New York State legislators said an innocent man could have been executed after giving a forced confession.
The final third of the film is devoted to the trial at which Hersko's lawyer persuades him to tell the truth about his forced confession.
Depending on the level of coercion used, a forced confession may or may not be valid in revealing the truth.
This requires serious police work and an end to the earlier reliance on forced confessions.
The Court's rationale was that where other evidence exists to sustain guilt, the forced confession should not result in acquittal.