4. RIGHTS OF PRISONERS A convict lodged in a prison is not denuded of all fundamental rights though it is true that he does not enjoy all the fundamental rights like other persons because of the fetters imposed on him in accordance with the law. In an American case on prisoner’s right‚ i.e. Procunier v. Martineg the court emphasized that since the liberty of a prisoner is constitutionally curtailed due to his confinement‚ his interest in the limited liberty left to him becomes all the more substantial
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Pacheco 1 Daniel Pacheco November 10‚ 2016 Dr Jay English 201A Torture is Acceptable Have you ever thought why we have used torture ? Torture is defined as the intentional use of physical or physiological pain to gain advantage over a person or group of individuals. Torture has been around since the 146 BC‚ that’s the time Ancient Greece began and torture is still around today. We hear about torture every day‚ through the TV‚ news‚ social media‚ and/or online articles yet we do not pay attention
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Treatment and punishment towards prisoners during the 1900’s for their beliefs was extremely unfair and some unnecessary. Men chose to fight for what the belief in and do what they thought was right but received endless jail time and cruel punishment. Three men specifically whose names are Philip Grosser‚ Robert Lipscomb‚ and Morton Sobell. They all had their way taking action in what they believed in but were punished. Standing up for what you believe in should never come at cost where you lose
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2008 President Obama signed an executive order prohibition use of torture by the U.S. Military and CIA. In 2016‚ the use of torture became a topic during the Presidential election when then-candidate now President Donald Trump suggested it should be used against the Islamic State. This creates a big argument that if Military should be allowed to use torture against terrorists or should not be allowed. Some people believed that torture should not be allowed in any country but what if this is the only
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treatment was received by the prisoners and what did the prisoners do in the camps? During World War II over 140‚000 prisoners were kept in Japanese’s camps. These camps took away the prisoners clothes‚ food and anything they have been carrying through-out the war. The prisoners who lived in these camps were contained by guards‚ the guards were cruel and abusive mentally and physically. These type of camps were often kept as a secret to the rest of the world. Prisoners were given jobs to do during
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Running Head: ELDER ABUSE Abusing the Elderly: Consequences and its Victims ELDER ABUSE Abstract Elderly abuse happens in the United States every day and it is an unforgivable crime. The elderly cannot take proper care of themselves and need someone else to care for them with basic necessities such as shelter‚ water and food. Sometimes this is not the case and the elderly are neglected of these basic needs. That’s not all‚ they are physically hurt‚ bruised and even broken bones can
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had a terrorist who knew of the attack but would not talk? How far do you go to potentially save the lives of thousands? In critical situations‚ the torture of a terrorist is mandatory. Although it is inhumane and cruel‚ torture is the only way to get information out of a terrorist who would rather die then cooperate. This is the reason why the torture of terrorists is essential to gathering crucial
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Heartless Acts of Torture in Society ¨In 2002‚ Gul Rahmen‚ a suspected terrorist and detainee was found dead in his cell in one of the black detention sites in Kabul‚ Afghanistan – allegedly of hypothermia¨ (Macrakis). In America‚ many suspected terrorists are tortured or sent to another country to be tortured. ¨Torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering‚ whether physical or mental‚ is internationally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information
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Henry Shue’s "Torture" adresses the notion of torture ever being morally permissible‚ and‚ if so‚ when. He argues that torture is rarely ever morally permissible by considering diverging arguments. One argument he considers is that torture might be morally permissible because killing is‚ however‚ he argues that it is indeed not‚ because murder is often justified‚ especially in combat‚ and torture is universally generally opposed‚ because torture strips the tortured of the means to defend oneself
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Should torture be acceptable in our society seems to be the day old question. First‚ one must know what torture actually is; torture is the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment to force them to do or say something‚ or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain. Torture is wrong and should not be acceptable in our society because it is ineffective‚ morally wrong‚ and it violates the rights of human dignity of the victim. The 1948 Universal Declaration of
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