Tag: pressured

El Dorado court throws out conviction for woman pressured into false confession

Brothers Nick and Jarred Lange sat Friday in an El Dorado County courtroom, hearing what they had waited so long to hear: the exoneration of their departed mother, Connie Louise Dahl. Dahl — under duress of what the district attorney called deceitful and “aggressive” law enforcement interrogations — falsely implicated her then-boyfriend, Ricky Davis, in […]

Mexico Candidate Maynez Pressured to Cede Support to Galvez

(Bloomberg) — Jorge Alvarez Maynez, who’s running a distant third place in voter opinion polls in the run-up to Mexico’s presidential election, is facing increasing calls to bow out and throw his support to the main opposition coalition contender, Xochitl Galvez. Most Read from Bloomberg Head of the PRI, Alejandro Moreno, one of the parties […]

Lawsuit claims APD commander pressured academy to reinstate son

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Seven training staff members working at the Albuquerque Police Department Academy have filed a lawsuit accusing the department of retaliation motivated by nepotism. The seven plaintiffs claimed they reported a “class one violation” of “lying and dishonesty” by a cadet named Joshua Vega. Cadet Vega was terminated on August 17 only to […]

Two county commissioners pressured builder into making political contribution

Palm Beach County Commissioner Mack Bernard pressured a contractor to support last year’s affordable housing bond issue, according to a lawsuit filed by a Greenacres builder, Robling Architecture Construction Inc. The claim, which county attorneys are “vigorously” opposing, is drawn from new evidence Robling claims it obtained as part of a lawsuit it filed in […]

Netanyahu pressured to conscript ultra-Orthodox men

Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from The Conversation, CNN, and Foreign Policy The News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is at odds with some ministers over plans to conscript ultra-Orthodox men into the Israeli Defense Forces. All Israeli adults must serve in the nation’s army, but ultra-Orthodox Haredi men are exempt. The Israeli Supreme […]