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To: JohnM who wrote (46649)	5/24/2004 6:12:46 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) of 793978

If by "torture" you mean "cause excruciating physical or mental pain, agony and anguish" then it's torture. By definition. But, you see, it's not as bad as maiming or mutilating, and, as the author points out, there are no marks so it never actually happened, did it? Why does our 5th amendment prohibit the use of torture on criminal suspects? Not for the reason you might think, that it's not nice. No, the real reason is that confessions obtained by torture are notoriously unreliable. We've actually known that for centuries, but we keep hoping . . . .

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