According to the prosecution and the Syracuse Police Department, in his written confession, Lucie described in great detail raping and sodomizing his daughter.
I do not believe for one second that the police would be able to intimidate a written confession out of him. He freely recanted (a lie, I am sure) when it came time to videotape the confession.
And before citing the "threats to take away his children", note it says he described in great detail what he had done.
Unspeakable.
You highlighted the wrong clause. Apparently this confession never made it into the public record. Heresay, counselor, pure heresay.