Mar 11, 2003 ... Indeed, most seasoned interrogators recognize that torture is not only immoral  and illegal, but ineffective and unnecessary as well. ... If the U.S. were to condone  torture by government officials or foreign governments in its fight against terrorism , it would betray its own principles, laws, and international treaty ...
Lynching was a public act of murder, torture, and mutilation carried out by crowds , primarily against African Americans. A form of mob violence and social control,  usually involving (but by no means restricted to) the illegal hanging and burning  of suspected criminals, lynch law cast its pall over the Southern United States ...
May 6, 2008 ... Jus cogens is Latin for “higher law” or “compelling law.” Thismeans that no  country can ever pass a law that allows torture. There can be no immunityfrom  criminal liability for violation of a jus cogens prohibition. The United States has  always prohibited the use of torture in our Constitution, laws executive ...
Waterboarding is a form of water torture in which water is poured over a cloth  covering the face and breathing passages of an immobilized captive, causing the  individual to experience the sensation of drowning. Ordinarily, the water is  poured intermittently so as to prevent death during torture, however, if the water is  poured ...
Jan 27, 2017 ... Torture continued to be used by countries throughout the world, despite its  unequivocal prohibition under international law and, in the vast majority of ... that  torture does not work, and as our colleagues at Intercross reminded us last year,  rejecting it is not only what the law requires: it is the right thing to do.
Torture is illegal by our laws. It's illegal by international laws.