Word: duress
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Neal: I most certainly would. I would like to state that these charges are false and absurd. I did sign a confession relating to germ warfare, but the statements contained in this confession were false. They were obtained under duress from the Chinese Communists...
...India's Nehru, who apparently believes that the U.N. holds the anti-Communist P.W.s under some form of duress, was not convinced at all. "Recent developments," he said in faraway Bombay, "have made me wonder if the U.S. is serious about an armistice . . . One has the suspicion that an attempt is being made, certainly by the South Korean government, to prevent the commission from functioning...
...proof that he had collaborated with the enemy, and discharged him honorably. After six weeks, he re-enlisted for a three-year hitch. In 1949, he was indicted. Provoo's defense will be chiefly that he was "driven to irrationality" by imprisonment, and that he acted under duress...
...subject to review frequently by the electorate, these executives are removable. But not the Federal judges, not the members of the judiciary in most states; judges are not subject to recall for their decisions. Why? Because we are all convinced you cannot have justice administered under pressure, under social duress, under fear. The same is true of scholarly investigation, of collegiate and professional teaching. Life tenure for the older men, freedom for the staff to speak as citizens, as well as freedom to investigate and teach are the essence of a university. The greatest single source of strength of this...
...toenails, or to crack open stubborn skulls with screw-hoops of steel. In some cases they are not even permitted to call a suspect a liar; they must say politely: "I suggest that your answer to my last question contained certain inaccuracies." Moreover, since no confession obtained under duress is valid in British law, the catcher must take care not to hector or bully his man beyond a certain point. The professional British spycatcher must 1) detect the spy, 2) confront the courts with solid proof or with confessions which appear to have been made with willing enthusiasm...