Essays on Torture

The Dark Side of History: Torture Methods in Medieval Europe Criminal punishment is a long-standing feature of social life. As early as the pre-modern period, various types of sanctions were already created to penalize acts that deviate from socially-accepted norms and laws. Accordingly, past societies…

Government Sanctioned Torture There are many controversial topics in today’s day and age, and anything that points to the government seems to become the most cared about topic. Recently media has been exposing what Americans are calling the horrifying truth of our government. Government Sanctioned…

Collateral Damage: Why Torture Is Never Permissible Torture is irrefutably a violation of human rights. Modern torture techniques that have been employed by the United States government – including psychological torture, sensory deprivation, sleep deprivation, starvation and thirst, waterboarding, forced standing, and cold cells –…