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Laws have been passed in the US that outlawed torture

An End to a Long Debated Controversy Torture puts a person who may have committed a wrong doing during their life into a situation where they in no way should ever be in Torture has been around for a long time and in every single case it has never been justified once It makes people feel like they have no rights are worthless and aren't even a person anymore So many people disagree with this way of gaining information and it is time for a change to be made once and for all Some of us have relatives who are in the military and just being in the war is enough to scar someone for life now put that said person in a room where they are being waterboarded This will extremely shatter someone's mind and self integrity Laws have been passed in the U S that outlawed torture but it is still being done outside the country as well as many other countries It is now time to outlaw this everywhere Torture isn t always a way to gain true and valuable information In 2005 Arizona senator John McCain recalling his own experiences as a prisoner of war claimed he gave misinformation to his North Vietnamese torturers For instance he recited names of the Green Bay Packers football team instead of his associates names Garvey 


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