Constitutionality: Is It Right Or Wrong?

Suppose a terrorist has hidden a bomb in Time’s Square which will detonate at noon on June 16 unless officials follow his demands for money and release of his friends from jail. Suppose, that he is caught at 10 a.m on that terrible day, but he would prefer death to failure. He won't tell where the bomb is. What do officials do? If they are to follow the constitutional process they would wait for his lawyer then millions of people will die. If the only way to save the citizen’s lives is to subject the terrorist to the most excruciating possible pain, how can we not do so? Is torturing the terrorist unconstitutional? Most likely. But millions of lives definitely outweigh constitutionality. Is torture a barbaric practice? Mass homicide is far more barbaric. Letting millions of innocent citizens die in submission to someone who flaunts his guilt is cowardly. Although torture is deemed immoral in many ways, it can protect the lives of the innocent, save millions of lives and is only used against major criminals considered a high threat . …show more content…
Keeping it’s people safe is one of the most important duties of a government. If plans that will cause harm are found then it should be one of the leader’s highest priorities to keep their citizens safe. Now if the government knows who the perpetrator or one of the perpetrator's accomplices and the criminal refuses to disclose information about the homicide what are the leaders to do? “If life is so valuable that it must never be taken, the lives of the innocents must be saved even at the price of hurting the one who endangers them,” Philosopher Michael Levin states. Hundreds, thousands, potentially millions of innocent could be in danger so it is better to lose one life- the life of the assailant rather than the many lives that are in