"There are legions of cases of people without disabilities who have falsely confessed over time as a result of highly coercive police interrogation techniques," Professor Drizin said.
The facility was even unknown to Rob Warden, the founder of Northwestern University Law School's Center on Wrongful Convictions, until the Guardian informed him of the allegations of clients who vanish into inherently coercive police custody.
The sanctioning by the courts of coercive police tactics is particularly worrying in light of the police and the Crown Prosecution Service's record of charging protesters with serious offences, such as violent disorder.
In early December, Ms. Gonzalez testified before a judge in New Jersey Family Court here that her charges were lies, brought on by coercive police officers and the influence of methadone.
Mr. Odeh, who has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from the embassy bombings and a broader terrorism conspiracy, filed his affidavit along with an extensive motion that cited coercive police tactics during nearly three weeks of interrogation in Pakistan and Kenya.
The lawyer for a 19-year-old man charged with beating his companion's 4-year-old son to death told a jury yesterday that his client was the victim of coercive police tactics, an 11-year-old girl who does not like him and a mother who physically abused her children.
A man charged in the 1998 bombings of United States Embassies in East Africa is asking a federal judge in Manhattan to suppress statements he made after his arrest, saying he was the victim of coercive police tactics over nearly three weeks of sustained interrogation in Pakistan and Kenya.
