Many activists believe her convictions were based on confessions made under duress.

The case against the six now depends on confessions.

Q. But certainly there is an effect on confessions.

He read the section on confessions aloud to the sailor.

There is no way to guess how many convictions in the past were based on false confessions.

The case was largely based on confessions made to police.

Trust a man to put such emphasis on ages and confessions.

This requires serious police work and an end to the earlier reliance on forced confessions.

The police and prosecutors rely heavily on confessions in criminal cases.

Thus, many times court cases relied on confessions to bring about charges in a case of bastardy.