Someone public back when the argument about torture was fresh pointed out that one of the primary uses of torture is getting names of more people to torture.
One of the questions isn't "are you willing to wreck your career to torture if you think it's an emergency?", but "what will you be willing to do to undo the damage, bearing in mind that even non-crippling torture can cause emotional damage?"
And as for torture, reliable answers, and punishment, how about outlawing plea bargains?--those are coerced confessions if I ever saw such.
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One of the questions isn't "are you willing to wreck your career to torture if you think it's an emergency?", but "what will you be willing to do to undo the damage, bearing in mind that even non-crippling torture can cause emotional damage?"
And as for torture, reliable answers, and punishment, how about outlawing plea bargains?--those are coerced confessions if I ever saw such.