Sentence examples for they were coerced from inspiring English sources

Democratic leaders insisted they were coerced.

"Look at Lavabit, they were coerced by law.

Mr Thuc and Mr Long recanted these at trial, saying they were coerced.

They were coerced into committing serious immigration crimes while the gang "sheltered in the background".

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court has refused to focus on whether confessions are reliable, asking instead whether they were coerced, or offered without Miranda warnings.

"They were coerced, yelled at, told they failed a polygraph when they didn't — and, most important, threatened with the death penalty when they didn't confess," he said.

Whether they are coerced into it.

Tells how they are coerced to attend "voluntarily".

They do it because it's their livelihood, they are coerced by their environment.

In no case should they be coerced during or in conjunction with an SIS [MI6] interview of them.

Suspects do this for many reasons — because they are coerced, threatened, frightened, drunk or high, mentally impaired or ignorant of the law.