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Thursday 2004-10-14
Umm, guys? Legal Torture is bad...
Terrifying, form the article:
The provision Rep. Markey referred to is contained in Section 3032 and 3033
of H.R. 10, the "9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act of 2004,"
introduced by House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL). The provision would
require the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue new regulations to
exclude from the protection of the U.N. Convention Against Torture and
Other Forms of Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, any
suspected terrorist - thereby allowing them to be deported or transferred
to a country that may engage in torture. The provision would put the burden
of proof on the person being deported or rendered to establish "by clear
and convincing evidence that he or she would be tortured," would bar the
courts from having jurisdiction to review the Secretary's regulations, and
would free the Secretary to deport or remove terrorist suspects to any
country in the world at will - even countries other than the person's home
country or the country in which they were born. The provision would also
apply retroactively.
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