US tortures for evidence

[sereneorange]

I am really disturbed by the US
District courts decision that evidence gained by torture for the
detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is admissible.  In public
the US has pledged its commitment to human dignity is
"non-negotiable" but in the detention centers we disregard and
skirt international laws regarding to conditions and treatment for
prisoners.

The US is using evidence gained
soley by torture for several of the detainees which not only is against
international, but US due process standards.

We would be having a hissy if US citizens were being treated the
same way elsewhere. We have heard of this before. Our prisoners of war in
Vietnam were tortured to give confessions of guilt. We would never assume
that our soldiers were really guilty of the crimes some had confessed to
under the torture.

This is not the first time
the US has gained confessions by torture. We
have been known to do it to our own citizens.

This is disturbing.

But then again,
I can see how I could accept it as well. If someone had killed someone I
love and I was certain of it, would I care how their admission of guilt
was obtained? I would like to say that I would care that it was obtained
without  torture. I would want to be able to say it is irrefutable because
it was volunteered and I had no doubt about the validity. But I have never
been in that position. I may just want them to be tried and suffer.

Comments

[roshov.livejournal.com]

if the press wasn't there, no one would have seen it. They do/did/will do worse to any of our soldiers, but if their press sees it, it is a praised act to humiliate or torture the u.s. soldiers.