All this bears closely on Stavrogin and his so-called confession.

"I am not at all satisfied by the so-called confessions that your interview extracted from the, er, defendants."

Mr. Benedict urged Judge Kavanewsky not to permit any evidence about the so-called confession.

Human rights activists raised concerns that "these so-called confessions are obtained under duress."

"This is how they got the so-called confession."

"Everything in the so-called confession is untrue?"

Wilhelm Philip, her attorney, refers to a "so-called confession," and says it would not be enough to convict her of murder.

"I had the feeling that this so-called confession that he was forced to sign - I think that is going to weigh on him," the friend said.

Ganzel suggest Collier's so-called 'confession' was in reference to the fact that he had not accepted certain Christian beliefs.

The justices and sheriffs in their reply, Truth Vindicated, claimed the so-called confession was a tissue of falsehoods.