coerced

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Coerced confession, withheld evidence and witness coaching are staples of prosecutorial misconduct, that “can’t be corrected because the system doesn’t allow for them to be corrected”, said Gibney.

From The Guardian • Apr. 15, 2020

Movie review of “Trolls”: Coerced jollity is the order of the day in this animated kids movie about a race of relentlessly chirpy pint-size trolls.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2016

Coerced confessions served no apparent intelligence-gathering purposes, but they did lend a legalistic veneer to the detention process.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 18, 2016

Coerced confessions by Mr. Whitmore became instrumental in the 1966 Miranda decision by the Supreme Court, which required the police to advise suspects of their rights to remain silent and be represented by a lawyer.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2016

Coerced and magnetized, the girl moved back and sank down again on the lounge.

From Eden An Episode by Saltus, Edgar