Sentence examples for given under coercion from inspiring English sources

Confessions, "guilty" pleas, and testimony are to be discounted if given under coercion.

The fact that private cord banks offer their services as "biological insurance" in order to obtain informed consent by promising the parents that the tissue that will be stored insures the health of their child in the future raises the issue of whether the consent is freely given or given under coercion.

Opening sentences of 5 CFR 2635.702 cover both; 702(a) gives example of coercion; 702(c) gives example of endorsement.

That would not necessarily have proved that Roland committed the crime under coercion, but it would have cast doubt on his confession.

If recent reflection on the issue is any guide, the most pressing problem to address is this: Given that state-authorized coercion needs to be justified, and that the justification of state coercion requires the consent of the people, what role may religious reasons play in justifying state coercion?

"Even if the child goes back on her word, under coercion or for money, her statement will still hold," Mr. Kant said.

"In Buner, people are living under coercion and in fear," General Abbas said.

We know there is a difference between doing something under coercion or because you decide yourself you want to.

Chiefly, the court objected to excluding suspects from trials and allowing hearsay and evidence obtained under coercion.

The client whose links Massey was monitoring had made one porn video, in her late teens, under coercion.

Another hostage, photojournalist John Cantlie, has appeared on videos produced by Isis criticising, seemingly under coercion, the current Western military campaign.