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Search results for "coercion" ...
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Anatomy of a Bad Confession
The reporter investigates whether the Worcester Police Department coerced a confession and wrongfully failed to recognize the Miranda Rights of a sixteen-year-old girl.
Tags: Miranda Rights; confession; coercion; interrogation
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Abuse of the Badge?
A Sheriff's Deputy has long been accused of sexual assault, coercion, manipulation and extortion but there was never enough evidence to back up the claims. This series compiles months of background investigation, interviews with other members of law enforcement and testimony from multiple alleged victims.
Tags: sexual assault; extortion; police; coercion; Alabama Bureau of Investigation; badge
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Snitch
"Snitch" told the story of a terrified grandmother from a housing project who witnessed a murder and reporter it anonymously, only to be coerced into testifying in court and then forced into a witness relocation program. The story also revealed the strong-arm tactics of a crime-laden city's homicide unite and district attorney's office which failed to provide accommodations for the relocated witness's pet dog, who was eventually euthanized. The story also described the realities of living in San Francisco's worst housing project, where murder is common and named witnesses are almost unheard of.
Tags: murder; witness; coercion; witness protection program; legal system
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A Coach's Secret
Investigating the cause of a women's basketball coach's suicide, the coach's unpleasant history was uncovered. Reports of spousal abuse, a habit of dating former players, and sexual coercion of players were scattered in his past.
Tags: sports; high school; basketball; coach; spousal abuse; sexual misconduct; suicide;
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Road to Corruption
The Citizen-Times investigates corruption among police officers at the Division of Motor Vehicles. According to the contest questionnaire: "Charges included bribe-taking to ignore truck-safety violations for politically connected companies, job and promotion buying within the agency, the coercion of officers to make donations to politicians, ticket-fixing and a loss of focus on the primary mission of enforcing trucking industry laws." Some of the conclusions were based on database analysis. The newspaper's investigation has been followed by a grand jury investigation.
Tags: law enforcement; bribery; public safety; transportation; campaign finance; money and politics; state government
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Sexual Harassment.com?
This article investigates what happens "when dating becomes coercion" and finds that "in the intense atmosphere of an Internet start-up, the lines between work and play can become easily blurred." The story finds that most Internet companies are headed by men, and the writers and editors "wondered what conditions were contributing to this fact." They found that "the hardscrabble work/play environments gave men an advantage, which they often tried to capitalize on sexually."
Tags: sexual harassment; Internet companies; business; women
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This Penthouse article looks at the striking similarity between Attorney General, Janet Reno's, over-zealous prosecutions of child abusers and child molesters and Reno's conduct in the FBI assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. Penthouse finds Reno used intimidation and coercion of young children to illicit convictions which may have destroyed the lives of innocent adults. (May 1996)
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Milwaukee Journal investigates four Alabama partners in Dairyland Greyhound Park, a Wisconsin dog track, who were siphoning off track profits to themselves through lucrative contracts with out-of-state companies they owned; owners were charged with a dozen illegal acts, including fraud, coercion for financial gain and taking kickbacks, June - September 1990.
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The Man Who Would Stop At Nothing
Washington Post Magazine runs excerpts from "Family of Spies: Inside the John Walker Spy Ring," which chronicles the abuse and coercion Walker used to manipulate his family into helping him provide U.S. security secrets to the Soviets.
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"Village Ruler: How a Rural Judge Wielded Kingly Power Over Abject Subjects"
This report details charges against a rural Pennsylvania judge who was indicted on allegations ranging from theft and bribery to coercion and lewdness - a case that exemplifies the broader problem of domineering rural judges.