Is Torture Justified?, University Paper.. Options

[Slimshady]

I'm writing a paper and whether or not torture is a justifiable act. I just wanna hear some your opinions, later i'll put up some scenarios to see how you fell about them.

Thanks

[T/A6Pak]

Do the ends justify the means? This is very important when looking at the justificatioin of torture. I feel that if a life or lives are in imminentent danger and after all other means have been exhausted there is a chance that interrorgator using torture will save lives then it is justified. One must remember that a person who uses torture must also be accounable for his/her behaviour/actions.

I believe that when a crime is personable and serious in nature such as the kidnapping of a child or the murder of a family member, it is normal to want the perp to pay the price, "an eye for an eye". But each case is different and must be approached in a manner that will best resolve the case and let our Criminal justice system follow it's path. If you look at a child who has been kidnapped and you believe the child is still alive in grave danger of death, you must realize that torture may not extract the information you need.



Each interrorgator must look at each perp and determine how best to extract the vital information. Everyone has different buttons....and how you use apply your interviewing techniques may determine the outcome of evidence. Evidence obtained by torture is inadmissable in court. So if there is no imminent danger to save a person life, using torture would not be justifiable.



When we correlate it to terrorists, we must keep in mind that many of them have the mind set that they are ready to die for there cause. These means that torture may not have any psychological effects on them. They may provide questionable or false confessions to stall the torture, but at the same time this lengthens the investigation and causes the investigators to lose vital time in bringing the case to a conclusion. The first 24 hours are the most critical in any criminal investigation.



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This post has been edited by T/A6Pak: 03/08/07 12:08pm