Crossing the line: What constitutes torture?

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

Torture. The United Nations defines it as the “infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering.” But how severe is severe? That judgment determines whether or not the law classifies an interrogation practice as torture.

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