He was accused after his fingerprints tied him to the Madrid bombing, but a few weeks later it was discovered that they had the wrong person. It is amazing how the justice system could have gotten the wrong individual with the greatest tool on their side. That comes to show that if science could get it wrong, human error through coercion is even greater.
Additionally, torture undermines U.S diplomacy and it goes against our human rights:
“In 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the Declaration), which states in part that, “no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” (Shaw 4).
In Shaw’s article he explains that the U.S supports human rights and are against …show more content…
According to Bloche’s article there has been scientific research done and “based on the available science, is that there’s no evidence that torture is more effective than lawful interrogation” (Bloche 1). Knowing that there is evidence to back up that lawful interrogation techniques can produce crucial information perhaps even more that torture techniques without going against human rights why would anyone approve torture. One of the main argument is that the use of torture has made the U.S safer, but regrettably “there is every reason to believe that they have made us less safe, by inspiring the unprecedented level of anti-Americanism so evident around the world” (Cole 2). After the revelations that prisoners were being tortured “Saudi authorities arrested 250 people attempting to leave the country to join extremist groups” (Johnson, et al. 3) Torture has cultivated anti-Americanism not only abroad but in the home front too, there has been U.S citizens that have left the country to go join extremist groups. Peace, security, and the rule of law overseas are some things that the U.S policy supports because they fall into American values but by allowing torture it undermines all of those values making the United States less influential and less
Additionally, torture undermines U.S diplomacy and it goes against our human rights:
“In 1948, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the Declaration), which states in part that, “no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment” (Shaw 4).
In Shaw’s article he explains that the U.S supports human rights and are against …show more content…
According to Bloche’s article there has been scientific research done and “based on the available science, is that there’s no evidence that torture is more effective than lawful interrogation” (Bloche 1). Knowing that there is evidence to back up that lawful interrogation techniques can produce crucial information perhaps even more that torture techniques without going against human rights why would anyone approve torture. One of the main argument is that the use of torture has made the U.S safer, but regrettably “there is every reason to believe that they have made us less safe, by inspiring the unprecedented level of anti-Americanism so evident around the world” (Cole 2). After the revelations that prisoners were being tortured “Saudi authorities arrested 250 people attempting to leave the country to join extremist groups” (Johnson, et al. 3) Torture has cultivated anti-Americanism not only abroad but in the home front too, there has been U.S citizens that have left the country to go join extremist groups. Peace, security, and the rule of law overseas are some things that the U.S policy supports because they fall into American values but by allowing torture it undermines all of those values making the United States less influential and less