Friday, December 03, 2004

U.S. Can Use Evidence Gained by Torture

Statements produced under torture have been inadmissible in U.S. courts for about 70 years. But the U.S. military panels reviewing the detention of 550 foreigners as enemy combatants at the U.S. naval base in Cuba are allowed to use such evidence, Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General Brian Boyle acknowledged at a U.S. District Court hearing Thursday.

Torture does not get reliable results. Does talk like this from the government sanction more torture and bad behavior?

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