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Tag: torture
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Bachmann: waterboarding uncomfortable but effective
Michele Bachmann stands up for waterboarding.
Posted inNews & Politics
Conroy on Burge
The reporter who’s spent 20 years investigating the police torture kingpin on why the perjury verdict surprised even him.
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You Can Lead a Horse to Water, But You Can’t Make Him Object to Torture
What we don’t talk about when we don’t talk about torture.
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John Conroy Blogs at Vocalo as Jon Burge’s Trial Begins
The reporter who covered Jon Burge for two decades blogs his trial.
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A Close Shave, Oldboy
They stole his wife, seduced his daughter, and then started messing with him for real
Posted inArts & Culture
The Punishment We Deserve
A review of Cruel and Unusual: The Culture of Punishment in America, by Anne-Marie Cusac (Yale University Press)
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Lurching toward justice
Who should be responsible for handling the cases prisoners tortured under Jon Burge–attorney general Lisa Madigan or state’s attorney Anita Alvarez?
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Jiffy confessions — just add pain
Thanks to torture, on 24 no crisis lasts more than an hour.
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Actual change I can actually believe in
Inauguration Day news you probably missed because of the inauguration: law prof and blogger Marty Lederman returns to the Office of Legal Counsel.
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This makes me feel a bit better
Obama watch: Eric Holder vs John Cornyn. Why does Eric Holder hate Jack Bauer, by which I obviously mean America?