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Torture
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Should the Senate reject AG-nominee Mukasey?
Main October 23, 2007Should the Senate reject AG-nominee Mukasey?I have not been paying much attention to the debate over the Mukasey nomination hearings because, as noted here, sentencing issues seemed…
The Right Coast
The politics of torture Tom Smith
It seems like a good time to link to this piece by Blackhawk Down author Mark Bowden:The Bush Administration hasadopted exactly the right posture on the matter. Candor and…
The Contingency
Quote of the Day: George W. Bush
President Bush said today:This government does not torture people.Blawgletter would risk a charge of snarkiness if we said something like: Does that mean the government used to torture people? When…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Eleventh Circuit talks about law of torture
Main September 19, 2007Eleventh Circuit talks about law of tortureThough not technically a sentencing case, a helpful reader suggested that other readers of this blog might be interested in today's…
The Right Coast
Are we torturing our troops?Mike Rappaport
It is commonly said, at least by many left wing critics and others, that waterboarding is torture, both as a legal and moral matter. Lets assume that is correct. Now,…
TortsProf Blog
Sebok On Tort Suit Based On Alleged U.S. Torture
Anthony Sebok has an interesting Writ column analyzing a lawsuit filed last week by the ACLU against Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc., a Boeing subsidiary that allegedly helped the CIA move suspected…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Slavery and Torture on Long Island
Robert E. Kessler, in an article in the L.A. Times (here), reports on recent develeopments in a case of an affluent Long Island couple charged with slavery and harboring illegal…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Tancredo: ‘I’m looking for Jack Bauer’
We previously blogged about the impact of television torture on real life views (here). But did you catch this from the CNN Political (here) ticker?As the final candidate to answer…
ImmigrationProf Blog
TV torture influencing real life
Ever watch the popular television show "24"? In a recent episode, demanding information, Jack Bauer faces a terrified man tied to a chair in front of him. Through a window…
Cam Law
Critics argue ’24’ offers selective view of torture
The New Yorker reports criticism of the popular show '24' as unreliastically using high-velocity narrative in repetivie 'ticking time bomb' scenarios. The piece also cites critics who argue that the…