Sentence examples for under the coercion from inspiring English sources

Since Travis confesses days before the scheduled execution of Donté (who has also confessed to the crime, but under the coercion of corrupt law officers), "The Confession" is set up as a race against time.

But the Criminal Justice Act passed that year still said that "on a charge against a wife for any offence other than treason or murder it shall be a good defence to prove that the offence was committed in the presence of, and under the coercion of, the husband".

Some were in there for acts committed in self-defense, like her; others for crimes committed under the coercion of abusive partners. .

Jane was in contact with Irish Land League leaders, including John Dillon and William O'Brien, and lobbied for the release of the latter after his imprisonment under the Coercion Act of 1881.

After all, we can scarcely argue that life under the direct coercion of feudalism, or wealth generated through the exploitation of natural resources by colonising empires, was much preferable.

But under the legislation, coercion would be a felony.

Some of the empirical evidence points to increased compliance with treatment and reduced substance abuse as the mechanisms through which it works; but we do not know how the coercion felt under OPC operates to influence these two mechanisms.

To suppress the movement, the British government passed the Coercion Act of 1887, under which O'Brien was jailed again.

They involved the coercion of adults.

On Fox, as always, the coercion worked.

Here the coercion wrongfully restricts autonomy.