Word: confessional
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
The FBI got wind of Bell's intrigues about a year ago and obtained his confession and cooperation in the investigation shortly before his arrest. Bell's motive, said Agent John Hoos, was "definitely monetary." Despite a $50,000 salary, Bell said he had been having "financial problems...
Angel Claudio is a lucky young man. The legal system, which has become a system of technicalities, works for him and not for justice. What more does the system need than a confession and some evidence to back up the case? The law has become a game between lawyers.
Some criminal law experts may believe that Judge Kenneth Browne was wrong to exclude a confession obtained as a result of the incompetence of the defendant's lawyer. Others will applaud that ruling, which enforces the principle that every defendant in a serious criminal case has a right to...
That is unfair. Denton does not use McCarthy's ambush tactics, and unlike McCarthy, he is plainly sincere. He spent more than four of his years as a Vietnamese prisoner in solitary, his feet manacled to the floor for months at a time. Nonetheless, he maintained a chain of...
THE LAST KISS 'GOODNIGHT' blared the tabloid headlines in New York City last spring. The story told of a Queens high school honor student, three weeks away from graduation, who dropped off his date after a prom and then, while walking home, was shot to death on a...