Past Programs
Courts and Trials - 2008
Ethical torture
03/03/2008
Recent admissions by the CIA over the use of torture during interrogations, techniques such as 'water boarding', has re-ignited public debate in the US about the acceptability of torture. Legally speaking the use of torture is prohibited, however there's evidence that its use continues across the world. When the stakes are high, can torture be justified? What if information gathered through torture could saves lives?
