He would eventually confess to the murders under the threat of torture.

迫于严刑的威胁，他最后承认了所犯谋杀罪行。

Certainly it is hard to see how their books would have made it into print without the threat of torture.

当然，很难明白，如果不是某些人受到拷打的威胁的话，他们的书如何会付梓出版。

All denied the charges against them and said their confessions were obtained under threat of torture.

这些人都不服罪，称认罪是严刑逼供出来的。