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gross coercion

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From 408 U.S. 234 - Beecher v. Alabama · 1972Most cited · 93 citing opinions

a 'realistic appraisal of the circumstances of this case compels the conclusion that this petitioner's (confession was) the product of gross coercion. Under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, no conviction tainted by a confession so obtained can stand.