s the use of torture against terrorist suspects ever justified?
The idea of torture is probably one of the worse things that I could ever imagine. I am a strong believer of treating others how I wish to be treated, that being said I understand that not many if any share my thoughts on that matter. The simple fact stands that to me torture no matter if the victim is a terrorist suspect is not ever justified
The United States may have captured many person who they are accusing of being a terrorist suspect and correctly identified them as terrorist but that does not neutralize the possibility of a person being falsely accusing. Allowing known terrorists to be tortured for information is acceptable morally incorrect but acceptable, but once the word 'suspect' is used it creates a different meaning for the question.
Under the eighth amendment which says “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted”. While it is the Supreme Court that decides what is considered cruel and unusual punishment. Does not change the fact that torture is a cruel punishment that is prohibited by the eighth amendment and which makes committing the act on another person a crime. …show more content…
Using the example of a man who is captured by the United States military and then is tortured for information. Unfortunately the man is clueless and has no information, yet he is still tortured further until death. After discovering his innocence, it becomes apparent they have killed a surrendered civilian meaning the army has committed a war crime. There are other more humane ways for obtaining information we have no need to resort to such methods. How can we honestly support such a cruel act to be performed on a human being, would that not make us just as bad as our enemy the
The idea of torture is probably one of the worse things that I could ever imagine. I am a strong believer of treating others how I wish to be treated, that being said I understand that not many if any share my thoughts on that matter. The simple fact stands that to me torture no matter if the victim is a terrorist suspect is not ever justified
The United States may have captured many person who they are accusing of being a terrorist suspect and correctly identified them as terrorist but that does not neutralize the possibility of a person being falsely accusing. Allowing known terrorists to be tortured for information is acceptable morally incorrect but acceptable, but once the word 'suspect' is used it creates a different meaning for the question.
Under the eighth amendment which says “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted”. While it is the Supreme Court that decides what is considered cruel and unusual punishment. Does not change the fact that torture is a cruel punishment that is prohibited by the eighth amendment and which makes committing the act on another person a crime. …show more content…
Using the example of a man who is captured by the United States military and then is tortured for information. Unfortunately the man is clueless and has no information, yet he is still tortured further until death. After discovering his innocence, it becomes apparent they have killed a surrendered civilian meaning the army has committed a war crime. There are other more humane ways for obtaining information we have no need to resort to such methods. How can we honestly support such a cruel act to be performed on a human being, would that not make us just as bad as our enemy the