alleged confession
collocation in Englishmeaningsofallegedandconfession
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alleged
adjective
uk/əˈledʒd/us/əˈledʒd/
said or thought by some people to be the stated bad or illegal thing, although you have ...
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confession
noun[C or U]
uk/kənˈfeʃ.ən/us/kənˈfeʃ.ən/
the act of admitting that you have done something wrong ...
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(Definition ofallegedandconfessionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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If we pass the amendment the element of causality between the behaviour of the prosecution and theallegedconfessionis totally removed.
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There is thus no question of examining or cross-examining a police officer with regard to anallegedconfession.
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Was there anallegedconfession?
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Should one accept theallegedconfessionor should one go into court and spend three or four days trying to establish that the confession was falsely obtained?
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Theallegedconfessionmay have been fabricated by the police themselves, as the statement appears contrived and artificial.
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They were all cases of alleged confessions obtained in police stations.
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The main issue was the accuracy and fairness of alleged confessions obtained by military police.
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Moreover, the list of alleged confessions has been submitted as hard evidence without the other side of the story ever being considered.
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We welcome clause 4, which strengthens the criteria for excluding alleged confessions in scheduled offences.
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I now turn to the second part—alleged confessions made by parties in prison.
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