NOT TALKING ABOUT PUNISHMENT!By who? when should it be allowed? what about the "ticking-time-bomb" senerio? should the courts regulate it? is there a differecence between physical and psychological terror when torturing? is there such a thing as humaane torture?
For class assignment and I am running out of ideas... any thoughts on the subject would help greatly!
2006-08-30 03:09:48 · 6 answers · asked by HowDoUGetOut 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Actually, it has been proven that information gathered via torture is some of the most unreliable information. After a certain time, the victim of torture merely states what his tortureres want him to state - not necessarily the truth.
There are interrogation methods that can bring forth the truth without torture. There are also people who will never speak regardless of what is done to them.
2006-08-30 03:13:25 · answer #1 · answered by WBrian_28 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
when a child has been kidnapped and time is of the essence. We cant wait around and make deals with people. Another scenario would be an impending terrorist attack. We are not bound by any law to not torture terrorists. The Geneva conventions does not apply to them because they do not fight for any foreign state. So they cannot be labeled a POW, because we are not at war with any nation. They also dont have any constitutional rights because they arent american citizens. If they torture of someone would save lives then we should be allowed to do it. But we also must look at the other side, they may not know, and yet if we torture them they still wont know. We must be able to prove that the person knows something about the situation that they arent telling us. Maybe a process like the one we have for the obtaining a warrant, go to a judge, present your case and them deciding whether you have enough proof.
2006-08-30 10:11:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it should not!
It violates the Geneva Conventions, in Vietnam we got plenty of information from prisoners and captured documents, and people who are tortured are likely to tell you anything you want to hear to make it stop! Others you can torture until they are dead! What have you then accomplished?
Murder is against the law, especially when a person is a prisoner, or "detainee", a favorite Bush ploy at Gitmo until the US Supreme Court made him charge and try them!!
2006-08-30 10:17:35 · answer #3 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Torture should not be allowed for lots of reasons. One, it erases a person's human rights.
2006-08-30 10:13:34 · answer #4 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well actually i agree that somtimes if drastic mesuares must be taken then yes torture them it would help so much like to get info from killers of children and rapers and things to get info from wehre there body is and stuff i totally agree but not to much TO KILL THEM!!!!! but yes. i agree to major issues from people
2006-08-30 22:10:18 · answer #5 · answered by chippychip 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is never good to allow torture, it should never be allowed and there would never be a good time.
2006-08-30 10:16:45 · answer #6 · answered by pa69oldfart 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋