>> The point is, how effective is torture in getting the right information?
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>> It's not.
I disagree.
Torture could garner information, but it wouldn't be valuable as evidence.
I don't advocate torture and fully agree with the general view that it should be banned.. except in the odd exceptional case.
So if you had a kidnap victim buried somewhere and you've arrested the suspect who refuses to tell you where she is and she'll die in 'x' hours... then IMO a form of torture in those circs to recover the victim alive would be acceptable.
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