Word: confessional
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A raucous confession from Pope John Paul II's assailant
For months, newspapers were awash with a spectacular charge: the attempt on Pope John Paul II's life in 1981, declared Italian authorities last winter, had the backing of the Bulgarian secret service, presumably acting on orders from the Soviet Union. But the accusation depended on the secret confession...
An old Kojak episode? A clip from Hill Street Blues? No, the dramatic scene is a real confession on videotape. It is one that may be repeated 500 times this year by the district attorney's office in The Bronx. The technique has resulted in a guilty-plea rate...
The tapes save days in pretrial hearings by permitting judges to determine quickly if a confession is voluntary and can be used as evidence. They leave no doubts that the suspect was read his Miranda rights to remain silent and have an attorney, and that he waived them. The tapes...
Private detectives hired by the magazine helped unmask Mrs. DeBoyer as the mastermind of the forgery and her daughter as the willing purveyor of the deceitful goods. Minor signed a statement that was not quite a confession, but near enough to close the case. Her mother had composed the letters...