1. Lynumn v. Illinois, No. 9, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, February 19, 1963, Argued , March 25, 1963, Decided
OVERVIEW: Defendant's confession, made after police threatened that state aid for her children would be cut off and her children permanently taken away, was coerced, and its admission at trial violated the due process clause and vitiated the conviction.
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