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Success of Torture in Eliciting the Truth: may only be the perception of the torturer

Success of Torture in Eliciting the Truth: may only be the perception of the torturer

The usual thinking about torture is that ‘pain will make the guilty confess.’ A whole new study coming out of Harvard University refutes that all the way around. These researchers are now saying that, contrary to popular belief, ‘the pain of torture can make even the innocent seem guilty.’ The research appears in the Journal of Experimental [...]