Sentence examples for without a confession from inspiring English sources

I had nothing real to confess, but without a confession my husband and Andrew would not be allowed to return to their lives.

Mr. Kortright likened it to "the rape of a 3-year-old," adding, "It's a hard road without a confession by the defendant".

"On the standard rules of evidence, without a confession, securing a conviction is hardly straightforward, let alone for crimes committed offshore in ungoverned space.

Prosecutors have to prove that the original buyer was willfully lying about his intentions when filling out the paperwork — a case, they say, that's often difficult to make without a confession.

Norman Tebbit, the Conservative cabinet minister who was injured and whose wife was left permanently disabled in the IRA's 1984 Brighton bombing, called him "a coward who never atoned for his crimes" and said "there can be no forgiveness without a confession of sins".

Without a confession or witnesses who saw Mr. Muhammad kill anyone, prosecutors have tried to piece together a huge mosaic intended to recreate what they say is the defendant's role in the killings, using DNA, fingerprints, recorded phone calls and eyewitness reports that have not always fit together in obvious ways.

Research from the United States suggests that most suspects cannot hold out for anywhere near that long without offering a confession, genuine or not.In Japan, moreover, suspects enjoy only limited access to their defence lawyers during this long confinement.

Despite what many view as a slam dunk case for a conviction, the prosecution faces an uphill battle without video, a confession and any eyewitnesses other than the involved police officers and another detainee in the van, Donta Allen, who testified as a defense witness for the police.

Without more — e.g., a confession, a clearer motive, forensic evidence — I would not be comfortable holding Mr. Syed criminally responsible.

"The black metal event is a confession without need of absolution, without need of redemption," he said.

However Damage, unlike Sin, is a confession without the desire for repentance.