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How the Biden Administration Should Take Torture-Derived Evidence Off the Table

Published June 17, 2021

Scott Roehm, Washington director, comments that “ . . . in a decent legal system, the government does not ask them to, nor does it press other arguments that disregard the absolute prohibition on torture.”

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How the Biden Administration Should Take Torture-Derived Evidence Off the Table

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