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they say tortured them into making the false confessions. In
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for its actions during his incarceration. Sampson stated that his torturers were present at every meeting he had with
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overturned the earlier ruling of the Court of Appeal. Sampson, along with
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inconsistencies, and the statements to the contrary by
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ring, though the men claimed they were further forced to confess. The widow of
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