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nuxvomica

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Mon Apr-27-09 07:21 AM
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56. It is acceptable as any crime would be if there are...

..extenuating circumstances. If the mythical ticking time-bomb scenario ever actually occurred, the interrogators' fates would be in the hands of a jury. If they indeed behaved reasonably for an extreme situation, a jury wouldn't convict them. That's what I don't understand about this debate. The extreme case often cited as justification for sanctioning torture is already accommodated by our trial system just as there's no need to legislate murder in self-defense.

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